diff --git a/bin/captureStats.sh b/bin/captureStats.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+out=stats-`date +%Y-%m-%d`.out
+# clear the output file
+> $out
+
+echo "break to stop stats collection"
+while true; do
+  date +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S | tee -a $out
+  vmstat -c 5 | tee -a $out 
+done