diff --git a/anduril/srun-maxfree b/anduril/srun-maxfree
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -z "${ANDURIL_NODELIST}" ]
+then NODELIST=( vm3 vm4 vm5 vm6 vm7 vm8 vm9 )
+else read -a NODELIST <<< "$ANDURIL_NODELIST"
+fi
+
+if [ "$1" == "-h" ]
+then echo -ne '
+This tools selects the lowest cpu allocated node for slurm run
+export ANDURIL_NODELIST="vm3 vm4 vm5"
+ ^ to have your own preferred list of nodes
+Current nodelist: "'${NODELIST[@]}'"'"( ${#NODELIST[@]} nodes)\n"
+   exit
+fi
+
+
+NODERUNS=( )
+# find node with max free CPUs
+for e in ${NODELIST[@]}
+do NODERUNS+=( 0 )
+done
+while [ true ]
+do
+    MAX=0
+    INDEX=0
+    for (( i=0; i<${#NODERUNS[@]}; i++ ))
+    do  NODERUNS[$i]=$(( $( scontrol -o show node ${NODELIST[$i]} | sed 's,.*CPUAlloc=\([0-9]\+\).*CPUTot=\([0-9]\+\).*,\2-\1 ,' ) ))
+        scontrol -o show node ${NODELIST[$i]} | grep State=DOWN > /dev/null && NODERUNS[$i]=-1
+        echo -n "${NODELIST[$i]}:${NODERUNS[$i]} "
+        [ ${NODERUNS[$i]} -gt $MAX ] && {
+            MAX=${NODERUNS[$i]}
+            INDEX=$i
+        }    
+    done
+    [ $MAX -gt 0 ] && {
+        break
+    } || {
+        SECONDS=$(( ( RANDOM % 30 ) ))
+        echo "waiting for free sockets for $SECONDS s."
+        sleep $SECONDS
+    }
+done
+
+echo "srun: Node ${NODELIST[$INDEX]}, Free sockets: ${NODERUNS[$INDEX]}" >&2
+
+srun --nodelist=${NODELIST[$INDEX]} "$@"
+
+