Mini Shell

#!/bin/bash

#  0x.Tools by Tanel Poder [https://0x.tools]
#  Copyright 2019-2020 Tanel Poder
#
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FREQUENCY=1 # 1 Hz sampling
SUDO=sudo # change to empty string if running without sudo
NICE=-5
SLEEP=60
PERF=/usr/bin/perf

if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 output_dir"
  exit 1
fi

logger "$0 Starting up outdir=$1 nice=$NICE"

while true ; do
    $SUDO nice -n $NICE $PERF record -g -F $FREQUENCY -a \
                --switch-output=1m \
                --timestamp-filename \
                --timestamp \
                -o $1/xcpu
    
    # we only get here should perf be terminated, try to restart
    logger "$0 terminated with $?, attempting to restart in $SLEEP seconds"
    sleep $SLEEP
done