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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+# simulate multi nodes on one gpu. start N torchrun on X gpu locally.
+# example how to run ./scripts/simulate_multi_node.sh 2 1  src/zeroband/train.py @configs/debug/normal.toml
+
+# Function to get CUDA devices based on the number of GPUs and index
+function get_cuda_devices() {
+    local num_gpu=$1
+    local index=$2
+    local start_gpu=$((num_gpu * index))
+    local end_gpu=$((start_gpu + num_gpu - 1))
+
+    if [ "$num_gpu" -eq 1 ]; then
+        echo $start_gpu
+    else
+        echo $(seq -s ',' $start_gpu $end_gpu)
+    fi
+}
+
+# Array to store PIDs of child processes
+child_pids=()
+
+# Function to kill all child processes
+cleanup() {
+    echo "Cleaning up child processes..."
+    local killed=0
+    for pid in "${child_pids[@]}"; do
+        if kill -TERM "$pid" 2>/dev/null; then
+            ((killed++))
+        fi
+    done
+    wait
+    echo "All child processes terminated. Killed $killed processes."
+    exit
+}
+
+# Check if at least three arguments were passed
+if [ "$#" -lt 3 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <N> <initial_peer> <num_gpu> [additional_python_args]"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+
+N=$1         # Set N from the first argument
+NUM_GPU=$2
+shift 2     # Remove the first three arguments so $@ contains only additional Python arguments
+
+# Register the cleanup function to be called on SIGINT (Ctrl+C)
+trap cleanup SIGINT
+
+
+mkdir -p logs
+
+export GLOBAL_ADDR=localhost
+export GLOBAL_PORT=10000
+export GLOBAL_WORLD_SIZE=$N
+
+for i in $(seq 0 $(($N - 1 )))
+do
+    > logs/log$i
+    TORCH_UNIQUE_ID=$i GLOBAL_RANK=$i CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=$(get_cuda_devices $NUM_GPU $i) uv run torchrun --nproc_per_node=$NUM_GPU --node-rank 0 --rdzv-endpoint localhost:$((10001 + $i)) --nnodes=1  $@  > logs/log$i 2>&1 &
+    child_pids+=($!)
+done
+
+tail -f logs/log0 &
+child_pids+=($!)
+ 
+wait