diff --git a/examples/SpectralMethod/example_postprocess.py b/examples/SpectralMethod/example_postprocess.py
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index 581bc54fc..000000000
--- a/examples/SpectralMethod/example_postprocess.py
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@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: UTF-8 no BOM -*-
-
-import os
-import glob
-from subprocess import call
-
-geom_name = '20grains16x16x16_tensionX'
-postResults = 'postResults --cr f,p --split --separation x,y,z '+geom_name+'.spectralOut'
-
-sts = call(postResults, shell=True)
-
-os.chdir('./postProc/')
-ascii_files = glob.glob(geom_name+'_inc*.txt')
-print ascii_files
-
-showTable = "showTable -a "
-addCauchy = 'addCauchy '
-addMises = 'addMises -s Cauchy '
-addStrainTensors = "addStrainTensors -0 -v "
-visualize3D = "3Dvisualize -s 'Mises(Cauchy)',1_p  Cauchy "
-
-
-postProc = [addCauchy, addMises, addStrainTensors, visualize3D]
-
-
-for f in ascii_files:
-    print f
-    for p in postProc:
-        p = p+f
-        print p
-        sts = call(p,shell=True)
-
diff --git a/examples/SpectralMethod/example_run.py b/examples/SpectralMethod/example_run.py
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--- a/examples/SpectralMethod/example_run.py
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-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: UTF-8 no BOM -*-
-import sys
-
-resolutions = [16,32,64]
-resolution = resolutions[0]
-
-try:
-  resolution = int(sys.argv[1])
-except:
-  pass
-
-if resolution not in resolutions:
-  resolution = resolutions[0]
-  
-from subprocess import call
-call('make run%s'%('x'.join([str(resolution)]*3)), shell=True)
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