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+#!/bin/bash
+# Find compose files matching search criteria that have exactly one node running
+# 
+# Usage:
+#   ./search-node.sh <network> <chain> <type> [client] [node]
+#
+# Required parameters:
+#   network: Network name (e.g., ethereum, arbitrum, polygon)
+#   chain:   Chain name (e.g., mainnet, sepolia, one)
+#   type:    Database type (archive, pruned, minimal, full)
+#
+# Optional parameters:
+#   client:  Client name (e.g., geth, erigon3, reth, besu)
+#   node:    Node implementation (e.g., nimbus, lighthouse, dtl)
+#
+# Output:
+#   Prints compose file paths (without .yml extension) that match the search
+#   and have exactly one node running on this machine, one per line
+
+dir="$(dirname "$0")"
+
+# Check if docker compose is available
+if command -v docker-compose &> /dev/null; then
+    COMPOSE_CMD="docker-compose"
+elif command -v docker &> /dev/null && docker compose version &> /dev/null; then
+    COMPOSE_CMD="docker compose"
+else
+    echo "Error: Neither docker-compose nor docker compose is installed" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if search-compose.sh exists
+if [ ! -f "$dir/search-compose.sh" ]; then
+    echo "Error: search-compose.sh not found at $dir/search-compose.sh" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if jq is available
+if ! command -v jq &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "Error: jq is required but not installed" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Parse command-line arguments
+if [ $# -lt 3 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <network> <chain> <type> [client] [node]" >&2
+    echo "" >&2
+    echo "Required parameters:" >&2
+    echo "  network: Network name (e.g., ethereum, arbitrum, polygon)" >&2
+    echo "  chain:   Chain name (e.g., mainnet, sepolia, one)" >&2
+    echo "  type:    Database type (archive, pruned, minimal, full)" >&2
+    echo "" >&2
+    echo "Optional parameters:" >&2
+    echo "  client:  Client name (e.g., geth, erigon3, reth, besu)" >&2
+    echo "  node:    Node implementation (e.g., nimbus, lighthouse, dtl)" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Call search-compose.sh with the same arguments
+search_results=$("$dir/search-compose.sh" "$@")
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ] || [ -z "$search_results" ]; then
+    # No results found from search-compose
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Change to the rpc directory to run docker compose commands
+cd "$dir" || exit 1
+
+# Process each result from search-compose
+found_match=false
+while IFS= read -r compose_path; do
+    # Skip empty lines
+    [ -z "$compose_path" ] && continue
+    
+    # Check if the compose file exists
+    compose_file="${compose_path}.yml"
+    if [ ! -f "$compose_file" ]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+    
+    # Check if base.yml and rpc.yml exist (required for docker compose)
+    if [ ! -f "base.yml" ] || [ ! -f "rpc.yml" ]; then
+        echo "Warning: base.yml or rpc.yml not found, skipping $compose_file" >&2
+        continue
+    fi
+    
+    # Count running containers for this compose file
+    # Use docker compose ps to check running containers
+    ps_output=$($COMPOSE_CMD -f base.yml -f rpc.yml -f "$compose_file" ps 2>/dev/null)
+    
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ] || [ -z "$ps_output" ]; then
+        # If docker compose ps fails or returns nothing, skip this file
+        continue
+    fi
+    
+    # Count the number of running services
+    # Look for lines containing "Up" (running status) but exclude the header
+    # The format is typically: NAME IMAGE COMMAND SERVICE CREATED STATUS PORTS
+    # We want lines that have "Up" in the STATUS column
+    running_count=$(echo "$ps_output" | awk '/Up/ && !/NAME/ {count++} END {print count+0}' || echo "0")
+    
+    # If exactly one node is running, output the compose path
+    if [ "$running_count" -eq 1 ]; then
+        echo "$compose_path"
+        found_match=true
+    fi
+done <<< "$search_results"
+
+if [ "$found_match" = false ]; then
+    exit 1
+fi
+