diff --git a/tools/avgckpts.py b/tools/avgckpts.py
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+"""
+
+python ckptavg.py --ckpts /gpfsscratch/rech/six/commun/checkpoints/tr11-176B-ml/checkpoints/main/global_step95200 /gpfsscratch/rech/six/commun/checkpoints/tr11-176B-ml/checkpoints/main/global_step95100 /gpfsscratch/rech/six/commun/checkpoints/tr11-176B-ml/checkpoints/main/global_step95000 /gpfsscratch/rech/six/commun/checkpoints/tr11-176B-ml/checkpoints/main/global_step94900 /gpfsscratch/rech/six/commun/checkpoints/tr11-176B-ml/checkpoints/main/global_step94800 --output ./
+
+https://github.com/rwightman/pytorch-image-models/blob/master/avg_checkpoints.py
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import os
+
+import torch
+
+def parse_arguments():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('--ckpts',
+                        default=None,
+                        nargs='+',
+                        required=True,
+                        help='Paths to ckpts to avg')
+    parser.add_argument('--output', 
+                        default='./', 
+                        type=str, 
+                        metavar='PATH',
+                        help='output folder')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    print(f'args = {args}')
+    return args
+
+
+def main():
+    args = parse_arguments()
+
+    layer_files = []
+    for f in os.listdir(args.ckpts[0]):
+        if f.startswith("layer"):
+            layer_files.append(f)
+
+    for lf in layer_files:
+        new_sd = {}
+        for i, ckpt in enumerate(args.ckpts):
+            sd = torch.load(os.path.join(ckpt, lf), map_location=torch.device('cpu'))
+            if i == 0:
+                for k in sd.keys():
+                    new_sd[k] = sd[k].clone().to(dtype=torch.float64)
+            else:
+                for k in sd.keys():
+                    new_sd[k] += sd[k].to(dtype=torch.float64)
+        for k, v in new_sd.items():
+            v.div_(len(args.ckpts))
+
+        bfinfo = torch.finfo(torch.bfloat16)
+        final_state_dict = {}
+        for k, v in new_sd.items():
+            v = v.clamp(bfinfo.min, bfinfo.max)
+            final_state_dict[k] = v.to(dtype=torch.bfloat16)
+
+        torch.save(final_state_dict, os.path.join(args.output, lf))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()