diff --git a/tests/army/tools/runcase.sh b/tests/army/tools/runcase.sh
index df5723e947..57bc06b52c 100644
--- a/tests/army/tools/runcase.sh
+++ b/tests/army/tools/runcase.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
+#
+# copy this file to tests/army/ folder to running 
+#
 set -e
-count=0 
+count=0
+nskip=1000
 for i in  `find tools/benchmark/basic/ -name "*.py"`
      do printf "\n\n ***** cnt=$count  python3 test.py -f $i  *****\n\n"
+     if [ "$count" -lt "$nskip" ]; then
+        printf "skip $count ... \n"
+        ((count=count+1))
+	continue  # less than nskip, contine
+     fi
      python3 test.py -f $i
      ((count=count+1))
 done
@@ -15,4 +24,4 @@ for i in  `find tools/taosdump/native/ -name "*.py"`
      ((count=count+1))
 done
 
-echo "taosdump/native count=$count \n"
\ No newline at end of file
+