Below is list of handy command-line utilities written by SciNet to help manage your data and compute.
Note that in the table, optional arguments are denoted with square brackets (i.e. '[]'), while mandatory arguments are denoted with angular brackets (i.e. '<>').
Storage
| Command
|
Arguments
|
Description
|
Cluster
|
| quota
|
|
Short overview of a user's storage usage.
|
Niagara
|
| diskUsage
|
-h to see all command options
|
Informs about the user and group file system usage.
|
Niagara, BGQ
|
| topUserDirOver1000list
|
|
Lists your directories that have over 1,000 files
|
Niagara
|
| topUserDirOver1GBlist
|
|
Lists your directories that have over 1 GB of data
|
Niagara
|
Jobs & Queues
| Command
|
Arguments
|
Description
|
Cluster
|
| qsum
|
most squeue arguments work
|
Lists jobs running or in the queue, grouped by user.
|
Niagara
|
| llq1
|
|
Detailed information on jobs that are actively running.
|
TCS
|
| scinet gpc priority
|
|
Compute usage in the last 14 days, and how this affects your priority in the queue.
|
GPC
|
| nodeperf
|
[userName]
|
Who is doing what on the current node?
|
GPC
|
| jobperf
|
<jobId | jobName>
|
Informs about the performance of all nodes of a given job.
|
GPC
|
| jobError
|
<jobId | jobName>
|
Displays realtime error output of a given job.
|
GPC
|
| jobOutput
|
<jobId | jobName>
|
Displays realtime standard output of a given job.
|
GPC
|
| jobcd
|
<jobId | jobName>
|
Allows users to quickly move into the working directory of a given job.
|
GPC
|
| jobscript
|
<jobId | jobName>
|
Displays the submission script used when submitting a given job.
|
GPC
|
| jobssh
|
<jobId | jobName>
|
Allows users to connect to the head-node of a given job.
|
GPC
|
| jobtop
|
<jobId | jobName>
|
Allows users to "top" on the head-node of a given job.
|
GPC
|
| jobdep
|
<jobId>
|
Displays dependencies of given job.
|
GPC
|
| jobtree
|
[userName]
|
Displays the jobs tree of dependencies for a given user.
|
GPC
|
| debugjob
|
[nodes]
|
Requests a time-limited interactive session of up to 8 dedicated nodes
|
GPC
|
Modules
| Template:Hl2 | Command
|
Template:Hl2| Arguments
|
Template:Hl2| Description
|
Template:Hl2| Cluster
|
| modulefind
|
[searchWord]
|
Finds modules containing searchWord and indicate their compatibility with already loaded modules.
|
GPC
|
| moduleadvice
|
<modulename>
|
Show the module commands required to load modulename, taking into account prerequisites and conflicts with already loaded modules.
|
GPC
|
| modulewrap
|
<comma-separated-modules> <command>
|
Load the modules in the comma-separated-modules list (no spaces!) only to run the given command.
|
GPC
|
Related Topics
Checking the memory usage from jobs
GPC Quickstart
Scheduler
Monitoring Jobs
Tech Talk on Monitoring Jobs