diff --git a/Inst_eddies/Tests/short_tests.json b/Inst_eddies/Tests/short_tests.json
index 041212eea034440d712f6b4c0c9af6ce97507a43..06a5e65e2df00c7b028a2f0757a45f9e83d1f2dc 100644
--- a/Inst_eddies/Tests/short_tests.json
+++ b/Inst_eddies/Tests/short_tests.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 		"$src_dir/Inst_eddies/Tests/Input/Region_1/huv_region_1_2006_01_01.nc",
 		"$src_dir/Inst_eddies/Tests/Input/Region_1/huv_region_1_2006_01_01.nc"
             ]
-	]
+	],
+	"exclude_cmp": ["n_slices.txt"]
     },
     "Get_1_outerm_noise_2_8": {
 	"description": "Assume insufficient amplitude for extrema 2 and 8. Even if extremum 8 does not have a particularly small amplitude, we just want to see the target extremum, 6, grow its outermost contour compared to the case without minimum amplitude.",
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@
 		"$src_dir/Inst_eddies/Tests/Input/Region_1/huv_region_1_2006_01_01.nc",
 		"$src_dir/Inst_eddies/Tests/Input/Region_1/huv_region_1_2006_01_01.nc"
             ]
-	]
+	],
+	"exclude_cmp": ["n_slices.txt"]
     },
     "Good_contour": {
 	"description": "3 contours at that level. 2 contain the inside point, one of which contains the 2 outside points.",
@@ -159,7 +161,8 @@
 		"$PWD/Get_1_outerm/SHPC", "$PWD/Get_1_outerm/cont_list.shp"
             ]
 	],
-	"input": "t\n"
+	"input": "t\n",
+	"exclude_cmp": ["n_slices.txt"]
     },
     "Set_max_speed_noise": {
 	"symlink": ["$PWD/Get_1_outerm_noise_2_8/config_nml.txt"],
@@ -173,7 +176,8 @@
 		"$PWD/Get_1_outerm_noise_2_8/cont_list.shp"
             ]
 	],
-	"input": "t\n"
+	"input": "t\n",
+	"exclude_cmp": ["n_slices.txt"]
     },
     "SHPC_degenerate":
     {
@@ -208,7 +212,8 @@
 		"$tests_old_dir/SHPC_degenerate/cont_list.shp"
             ]
 	],
-	"input": "f\n"
+	"input": "f\n",
+	"exclude_cmp": ["n_slices.txt"]
     },
     "Extraction_eddies_region_1_noise": {
 	"create_file": [
@@ -229,7 +234,7 @@
 		"$src_dir/Inst_eddies/Tests/Input/Region_1/huv_region_1_2006_01_01.nc"
             ]
 	],
-	"exclude_cmp": ["timings.txt"]
+	"exclude_cmp": ["timings.txt", "n_slices.txt"]
     },
     "Extraction_eddies_region_2": {
 	"create_file": [
@@ -250,7 +255,7 @@
 		"$src_dir/Inst_eddies/Tests/Input/huv_region_2.nc"
             ]
 	],
-	"exclude_cmp": ["timings.txt"]
+	"exclude_cmp": ["timings.txt", "n_slices.txt"]
     },
     "Extraction_eddies_region_4": {
 	"description": "Part of the domain has missing values.",
@@ -330,7 +335,7 @@
 		"$src_dir/Inst_eddies/Tests/Input/uv_2006_01_01_coarse.nc"
             ]
 	],
-	"exclude_cmp": ["timings.txt"]
+	"exclude_cmp": ["timings.txt", "n_slices.txt"]
     },
     "Extraction_eddies_periodic": {
 	"description": "Periodic domain.",
@@ -352,7 +357,7 @@
 		"$src_dir/Inst_eddies/Tests/Input/uv_2006_01_01_coarse.nc"
             ]
 	],
-	"exclude_cmp": ["timings.txt"]
+	"exclude_cmp": ["timings.txt", "n_slices.txt"]
     },
     "Extr_proj": {
 	"description": "Create shapefile extr_proj.",
@@ -373,7 +378,8 @@
 		"$src_dir/Inst_eddies/Tests/Input/Region_1/huv_region_1_2006_01_01.nc",
 		"$src_dir/Inst_eddies/Tests/Input/Region_1/huv_region_1_2006_01_01.nc"
             ]
-	]
+	],
+	"exclude_cmp": ["n_slices.txt"]
     },
     "Region_4_15_days": {
 	"description": "This is used in several tests in Overlap.",