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+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+#
+# Copyright 2015-present Open Networking Laboratory
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Utility for converting a number of a node in a cell to the node's address
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+validate_number () {
+    local re="^[0-9]+$"
+    if [[ ! $1 =~ $re ]] ; then
+    return 1
+    fi
+
+    return 0
+}
+
+find_node () {
+    if validate_number $1 ; then
+    # input is a number, try to find if an OC node is defined
+
+    oc_try="OC$1"
+    node=${!oc_try}
+
+    if [ -n "$node" ]; then
+            # node lookup succeeded, return node
+        echo $node
+    else
+            # node lookup failed, return original input
+        echo $1
+    fi
+
+    else
+    echo $1
+    fi
+
+    return 0
+}