diff --git a/tools/run_test_classes.py b/tools/run_test_classes.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+# Copyright 2013 IBM Corp.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+import sys
+
+
+def filter_classes(test_ids):
+    test_classes = map(lambda x: x.rsplit('.', 1)[0], test_ids)
+
+    #Remove duplicates from the list
+    uniq_class = {}
+    result = []
+    for test_class in test_classes:
+        if test_class in uniq_class:
+            continue
+        uniq_class[test_class] = 1
+        result.append(test_class)
+    return result
+
+
+def usage():
+    msg = """
+    This command is used to filter out the unique list of test cases (classes)
+    from a list of testr test_ids.
+
+    Usage: run_test_classes.py <test id file>
+          """
+    print(msg)
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+def main():
+    if len(sys.argv) == 2:
+        test_list_path = sys.argv[1]
+        test_list_file = open(test_list_path, 'r')
+        test_list = test_list_file.readlines()
+        for test_class in filter_classes(test_list):
+            print test_class
+        test_list_file.close()
+    else:
+        usage()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()