diff --git a/anduril/csc_vm_slurm_query b/anduril/csc_vm_slurm_query
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+NODELIST=( vm3 vm4 vm5 vm6 vm7 vm8 vm9 )
+
+NODERUNS=( )
+
+# find node with least allocated CPUs
+
+for e in ${NODELIST[@]}
+do NODERUNS+=( $( scontrol show node $e | grep CPUAlloc | sed 's,.*CPUAlloc=\([0-9]\+\).*,\1,' ) )
+done
+for (( i=0; i<${#NODERUNS[@]}; i++ ))
+do scontrol -o show node ${NODELIST[$i]} | grep State=DOWN >/dev/null && NODERUNS[$i]=-1
+   echo -n "${NODELIST[$i]}:${NODERUNS[$i]} "
+
+done
+echo ""
+