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profile a Python module with hotshot
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README.md

Python Hotshot Profiler

Just a quick script to profile any Python module (filename passed in as a command-line arg; has to have a main()) using hotshot. Logs to stdout.

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index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html></html>
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module_profiler.py
import hotshot, hotshot.stats
import sys
def main():
module = __import__(sys.argv[1].replace('.py', ''))
prof = hotshot.Profile('example.prof')
prof.runcall(module.main)
prof.close()
stats = hotshot.stats.load('example.prof')
stats.strip_dirs()
stats.sort_stats('time', 'calls')
stats.print_stats()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
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