for n in 100k 1M 10M; do echo -n '*** Processing a' $n 'mailbox: ***'; head -c $n origami_archive > test; time ./mboxparser.cgi > /dev/null; done *** Processing a 100k mailbox: *** real 0m1.399s user 0m1.364s sys 0m0.036s *** Processing a 1M mailbox: *** real 0m5.943s user 0m5.880s sys 0m0.060s *** Processing a 10M mailbox: *** real 0m53.079s user 0m52.991s sys 0m0.088s