--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+S="//Z/ancestor::A"
+Q="$S"
+
+for i in `seq 1 30`
+do
+ src/tatoo.native -s -d tests/alphabet.xml -o /dev/null -c "$Q" 2> /tmp/log
+ ST=`grep 'Number of states' /tmp/log | cut -f 2 -d :`
+ TM=`grep 'evaluating query in' /tmp/log | cut -f 3 -d : | cut -f 1 -d m`
+ RU=`grep 'number of runs' /tmp/log | cut -f 3 -d :`
+ echo "$i", "$ST", "$TM", "$RU"
+ Q="$Q""$S"
+done
+rm -f /tmp/log