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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2019 Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# 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.
+
+DEVICE_ID=$1
+
+BEST_DATE=
+BEST_DEPLOY=
+for DEPLOY in $(kubectl -n voltha get deploy -o 'jsonpath={.items[*].metadata.name}'); do
+    if [[ "$DEPLOY" =~ voltha-rw-core-.* ]]; then
+        FOUND=$(kubectl -n voltha logs "deploy/$DEPLOY" 2>/dev/null | grep "$DEVICE_ID" | grep -i ownedbyme | tail -1)
+        if [ ! -z "$FOUND" ]; then
+            OWNED=$(echo "$FOUND" | grep '"owned":true')
+            if [ ! -z "$OWNED" ]; then
+                CUR_DATE=$(echo "$OWNED" | jq -r .ts)
+                CUR_DEPLOY=$DEPLOY
+                if [ -z "$BEST_DEPLOY" ]; then
+                    BEST_DATE=$CUR_DATE
+                    BEST_DEPLOY=$CUR_DEPLOY
+                elif [[ "$CUR_DATE" > "$BEST_DATE" ]]; then
+                    BEST_DATE=$CUR_DATE
+                    BEST_DEPLOY=$CUR_DEPLOY
+                fi
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+done
+if [ -z "$BEST_DEPLOY" ]; then
+    exit 1
+fi
+echo "$BEST_DEPLOY"