adding scripts for easy local run (#59)

scripts/debugging/profile.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+helpFunction_flame()
+{
+   echo "Usage: $0 -o output_file -p program"
+   echo -e "\t-o output .svg filename, where to save flame graph"
+   echo -e "\t-p .py program we want to profile with associated arguments"
+   exit 1 # Exit program after printing help
+}
+
+helpFunction_top()
+{
+   echo "Usage: $0 -p program"
+   echo -e "\t-p .py program we want to profile with associated arguments"
+   exit 1 # Exit program after printing help
+}
+
+
+while getopts "t:o:p:a:" opt; do
+    case "$opt" in
+        t ) type="$OPTARG" ;;
+        o ) output_file="$OPTARG" ;;
+        p ) program="$OPTARG" ;;
+        ? ) helpFunction ;; 
+    esac
+    done
+    if [ -z "$type" ]; then
+        echo "Missing profiling type (flame / top)"
+    fi
+    # Print helpFunction in case parameters are empty
+    if [[ "$type" = "flame" ]]; then
+        if [ -z "$output_file" ] || [ -z "$program" ]; then
+            echo "Some or all of the parameters are empty";
+            helpFunction_flame
+        fi
+        py-spy record -o "$output_file" python "$program" 
+    elif [[ "$type" = "top" ]]; then
+        if [ -z "$program" ]; then
+            echo "Some or all of the parameters are empty";
+            helpFunction_top
+        fi
+        py-spy top python "$program" 
+    fi