diff --git a/scripts/stepstats.py b/scripts/stepstats.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Script to calculate stats for each stepper from a log of messages
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2016  Kevin O'Connor <kevin@koconnor.net>
+#
+# This file may be distributed under the terms of the GNU GPLv3 license.
+import optparse
+
+def main():
+    usage = "%prog [options] <comms file>"
+    opts = optparse.OptionParser(usage)
+    options, args = opts.parse_args()
+    if len(args) != 1:
+        opts.error("Incorrect number of arguments")
+    filename = args[0]
+
+    steppers = {}
+    f = open(filename, 'rb')
+    for line in f:
+        parts = line.split()
+        if not parts:
+            continue
+        args = dict([p.split('=', 1) for p in parts[1:]])
+        if parts[0] == 'config_stepper':
+            steppers[args['oid']] = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
+        elif parts[0] == 'set_next_step_dir':
+            so = steppers[args['oid']]
+            so[0] += 1
+            so[1] = args['dir']
+        elif parts[0] == 'queue_step':
+            so = steppers[args['oid']]
+            so[2] += 1
+            so[{'0': 3, '1': 4}[so[1]]] += int(args['count'])
+    for oid, so in sorted([(int(i[0]), i[1]) for i in steppers.items()]):
+        print "oid:%3d dir_cmds:%6d queue_cmds:%7d +:%8d -:%8d =:%8d" % (
+            oid, so[0], so[2], so[3], so[4], so[3]-so[4])
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()