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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# Parse a massif.out.xxx file and output peak total memory usage
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+
+use utf8;
+use open qw(:std utf8);
+
+die unless @ARGV == 1;
+
+my @snaps;
+open my $fh, '<', $ARGV[0] or die;
+{ local $/ = 'snapshot='; @snaps = <$fh>; }
+close $fh or die;
+
+my $max = 0;
+for (@snaps)
+{
+    my ($heap, $heap_extra, $stack) = m{
+        mem_heap_B=(\d+)\n
+        mem_heap_extra_B=(\d+)\n
+        mem_stacks_B=(\d+)
+    }xm;
+    next unless defined $heap;
+    my $total = $heap + $heap_extra + $stack;
+    $max = $total if $total > $max;
+}
+
+printf "$max\n";