This python script can be used to profile a shell script.

Once the profiler is on the path, call it like so:

~> profile test-file.sh PARAM1 PARAM2

The output will look something like the following:

0.291234732	>	/bin/bash	line 7	echo 'loop: 1'
0.289730072	>	/bin/bash	line 6	for i in '`seq 100`'
0.006031990	>	/bin/bash	line 5	seq 10
0.005759716	>>	/bin/bash	line 8	seq 100
0.003070116	>	/bin/bash	line 9	echo c
0.003000021	>	/bin/bash	line 4	echo b
0.002927542	>	/bin/bash	line 3	echo a
0.002631426	>	/bin/bash	line 2	echo test-file.sh
0.000000000	>	/bin/bash	line 10	echo --- END OF PROFILING ---