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If HPC users would like more information, a very useful PBS Pro User Guide (320 pages) can be found at http://www.pbsworks.com/documentation/support/PBSProUserGuide11.2.pdf and a PBS Pro reference guide (592 pages) can also be found at http://www.pbsworks.com/documentation/support/PBSProRefGuide11.1.pdf. Command Description Usage Example Effect qsub Submit a job qsub myjob Submits the job "myjob" for the execution. qstat Show status of batch jobs qstat -u bellj Show the status of all the jobs submitted by the user bellj (Jason Bell). qdel Delete a job qdel 3221.pbsserver Deletes the job with job id 3221. qalter Alter a job's attributes qalter -l ncpus = 4 : mem: 512 230.pbsserver Changes the attributes of the job 230. qhold Place a hold on a job to keep it from being scheduled for running qhold 54.pbsserver Puts the user hold on job 54. qmove Move a job to a different queue or server qmove test_queue 43.pbsserver Moves job 43 from original queue to test_queue ( may require privileges). qmsg Append a message to the output of an executing job qmsg -o "output file message" 54.pbsserver Writes the message to the output file of job 54. qrerun Terminate an executing job and return it to a queue qrerun 54.pbsserver Terminates the running job 54 and returns it into the queue. qrls Remove a hold from a job qrls -h u 54.pbsserver Releases the user type hold from the job 54. qselect Obtain a list of jobs that meet certain criteria qselect -u barry -l ncpus.gt. 16.pbsserver Gives a list of jobs that are owned by user barry and have used cpu's > 16. qsig Send a signal to an existing job qsig -s Kill 34.pbsserver This command would send kill signal to the job 34. xpbs GUI front to PBS commands xpbs Runs the GUI interface to the PBS. qsub options Option Description -I Declares that the job is to be run "interactively". Default: Run in a batch job, if the option is not specified. -j {oe,eo,n} oe merges standard error to standard output; eo merges standard output to standard error. Default n, or if the option is not specified, standard output and standard error are two separate files -o path The name of the file for standard output. Default: job_name.osequence_number if the option is not specified. -e path The name of the file for standard error. Default: job_name.esequence_number if the option is not specified. -l resource_list -m {a,b,e,n} Mail is sent: a when the job is aborted by PBS b when the job begins execution e when the job terminates. Default n or if option is not specified: no mail is sent. -M user_list List of users for the option -m. Give here mail address(es). Default: job owner if unset. -N job_name The job name. Default: is based on the name of the job script if the option is not specified, STDIN if no script and it was read from standard input. -q destination Destination of the job. destination names a queue, a server or a queue at a server -v variable_list Environment variables exported to the job. variable_list is a comma separated list of the form variable or variable=value -V All environment variables in the qsub command's environment are to be exported to the batch job. qstat options Option Description (no options) Displays all jobs -f Displays full status of jobs -a Displays all jobs in alternative format -i Displays jobs (non-running mainly) in alternative format -r Displays jobs (mainly running and suspended) -n In addition to the basic information, nodes allocated to a job are listed -u user(s) Displays jobs of a user or users -Q Status of queues -Q -f Full status of queues (configuration also) -q Status of queues in the alternative format -B Batch server status -B -f Full batch server status (configuration also) Job identifiers, queue names, PBS server names or named queues on named servers can be given as additional operands for these options. These restrict displayed information only to these items. For more information about these operands and the qstat command see the manual page qstat(1B). Job status Job status is displayed by the command qstat without options, or in an alternative format by using, e.g. the options -a, -i, -r, -n and -u without -f. When option -f is included, full job status, i.e., attributes including requested and used (if job is running) resources, is displayed. Queue status Queue status is displayed by options -q and -Q. Full queue status, i.e., queue attributes including resources (minimum and maximum limits and defaults), is displayed with options -Q -f. Server status Server status is displayed by the option -B. 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