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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+# Copyright 2016 RIFT.IO Inc
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+# This script tests the throughput of get operations.
+# change iter and loop variables
+
+NETCONF_CONSOLE_DIR=${RIFT_ROOT}/.install/usr/local/confd/bin
+
+iter=100
+loop=30
+
+for i in `seq 1 $loop`;
+do
+ echo "Background script $i"
+ ${NETCONF_CONSOLE_DIR}/netconf-console-tcp -s all --iter=$iter --get -x /opdata&
+done
+
+wait
+
+total=$(($iter * $loop))
+echo "Total number of netconf operations=$total"
+
+
+