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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+# Wrap a run of Ansible playbook so that CPU usage counters and network
+# activity are logged to files.
+#
+
+[ ! "$1" ] && exit 1
+sudo tcpdump -w $1-out.cap -s 0 host k1.botanicus.net &
+date +%s.%N > $1-task-clock.csv
+perf stat -x, -I 25 -e task-clock --append -o $1-task-clock.csv ansible-playbook run_hostname_100_times.yml
+sudo pkill -f tcpdump