ultralytics/docs/en/reference/utils/dist.md

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Explore Ultralytics' utilities for distributed training including DDP file generation, command setup, and cleanup. Improve multi-node training efficiency.	Ultralytics, distributed training, DDP, multi-node training, network port, DDP file generation, DDP command, training utilities

Reference for ultralytics/utils/dist.py

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::: ultralytics.utils.dist.find_free_network_port

::: ultralytics.utils.dist.generate_ddp_file

::: ultralytics.utils.dist.generate_ddp_command

::: ultralytics.utils.dist.ddp_cleanup