diff --git a/tests/run-parallel-unitTest.sh b/tests/run-parallel-unitTest.sh
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+#!/bin/bash 
+# This executes a unit test in parallel.
+NP=$1 
+BDIR=$2 
+shift 2 
+mpirun -np $NP $BDIR/bin/$@