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+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# Instance statistics for a given period (default: the last hour)
+#
+# Usage: $0 [startdate [enddate]]
+# (The timestamps must be accepted by date -d)
+#
+# Examples:
+# ./instance_statistics.sh
+# ./instance_statistics.sh "30 minutes ago"
+# ./instance_statistics.sh "1 hour ago" "30 minutes ago"
+# ./instance_statistics.sh "2017-04-30 18:55:00" "2017-04-30 19:05:00"
+#
+# Mikael
+
+start=${1:-1 hour ago}
+end=${2:-now}
+
+TMPL='{{.date | fromunix}}: {{.users}} users, {{.statuses}} statuses{{"\n"}}'
+madonctl instance --stats --template "$TMPL" \
+    --start "$(date +%s -d "$start")" \
+    --end   "$(date +%s -d "$end")"