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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import argparse
+import logging
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+
+STATS = {
+    'cpu': {'column':2, 'type':float},
+    'mem': {'column':3, 'type':float},
+    'vsz': {'column':4, 'type':int},
+    'rss': {'column':5, 'type':int}
+}
+DESCRIPTION = """Monitor the resource usage of a process or set of processes over their run time."""
+
+
+def make_argparser():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False, description=DESCRIPTION)
+    options = parser.add_argument_group('Options')
+    options.add_argument('query', nargs='+',
+        help='Query to match against the command line. This does a simple, exact match against the '
+            'full command line. If the query is a substring of the command line, it\'s a match. '
+            'Note that you can give a single argument with spaces or multiple arguments. If the '
+            'command isn\'t running yet, this will wait until it appears.')
+    options.add_argument('-m', '--me', action='store_true',
+        help='Restrict search to my processes (the current user).')
+    options.add_argument('-u', '--user',
+        help='Restrict search to this user.')
+    options.add_argument('-p', '--pause', type=int, default=5,
+        help='Seconds to pause between polling.')
+    options.add_argument('-h', '--help', action='help',
+        help='Print this argument help text and exit.')
+    logs = parser.add_argument_group('Logging')
+    logs.add_argument('-l', '--log', type=argparse.FileType('w'), default=sys.stderr,
+        help='Print log messages to this file instead of to stderr. Warning: Will overwrite the file.')
+    volume = logs.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+    volume.add_argument('-q', '--quiet', dest='volume', action='store_const', const=logging.CRITICAL,
+        default=logging.WARNING)
+    volume.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', dest='volume', action='store_const', const=logging.INFO)
+    volume.add_argument('-D', '--debug', dest='volume', action='store_const', const=logging.DEBUG)
+    return parser
+
+
+def main(argv):
+
+    parser = make_argparser()
+    args = parser.parse_args(argv[1:])
+
+    logging.basicConfig(stream=args.log, level=args.volume, format='%(message)s')
+
+    query = ' '.join(args.query)
+
+    if args.me:
+        command = ('ps', 'ux')
+    else:
+        command = ('ps', 'aux')
+
+    waiting = True
+    while True:
+        process = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, text=True)
+        num_procs, stats = get_stats(process.stdout, query, args.user)
+        if num_procs == 0:
+            if waiting:
+                time.sleep(args.pause)
+                continue
+            else:
+                break
+        waiting = False
+        ordered_stats = sorted(stats.items(), key=lambda item: STATS[item[0]]['column'])
+        output = [round(time.time()), num_procs] + [str(value) for stat, value in ordered_stats]
+        print(*output, sep='\t')
+        time.sleep(args.pause)
+
+
+def get_stats(lines, query, user):
+    # Init the total for each stat to zero.
+    totals = {}
+    for stat, meta in STATS.items():
+        totals[stat] = meta['type']()
+
+    # Add up the stats.
+    num_procs = 0
+    for fields in filter_ps(lines, query, user):
+        num_procs += 1
+        for stat, meta in STATS.items():
+            raw_value = fields[meta['column']]
+            value = meta['type'](raw_value)
+            totals[stat] += value
+
+    return num_procs, totals
+
+
+def filter_ps(lines, query, user):
+    our_pid = str(os.getpid())
+    header = True
+    for line_raw in lines:
+        if header:
+            header = False
+            continue
+        fields = line_raw.rstrip('\r\n').split()
+        user = fields[0]
+        if user is not None and user != user:
+            continue
+        pid = fields[1]
+        if pid == our_pid:
+            continue
+        command_line = ' '.join(fields[10:])
+        if query in command_line:
+            yield fields
+
+
+def fail(message):
+    logging.critical(f'Error: {message}')
+    if __name__ == '__main__':
+        sys.exit(1)
+    else:
+        raise RuntimeError(message)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    try:
+        sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
+    except (BrokenPipeError, KeyboardInterrupt):
+        pass