diff --git a/clear_ectrans_list.py b/clear_ectrans_list.py
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+from subprocess import check_output, run
+
+# write output of ecaccess-ectrans-list to a variable, but transfer it
+# to a string (from bytes format) and split at newline
+out = str(check_output(['ecaccess-ectrans-list'])).split('\\n')
+
+for line in out:
+    line_tmp = line.split()
+    procID = line_tmp[0]
+    print(procID)
+    try:
+        run(['ecaccess-ectrans-delete', str(procID)])
+    except TypeError as e:
+        print(e)