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Common Slurm Commands

Quick reference for the most common Slurm commands on the TAU HPC cluster.

Submitting Jobs

Command Description
sbatch job.sh Submit a batch job script
srun --pty bash Start an interactive session
sbatch --depend=afterok:JOBID job.sh Submit job after another completes

Monitoring Jobs

Command Description
squeue -u username Your running and pending jobs
squeue All jobs on the cluster
scontrol show job JOBID Full details of a job
sacct -j JOBID --format=JobID,JobName,State,MaxRSS,Elapsed Job accounting and memory usage
sattach JOBID Attach to a running job's output

Managing Jobs

Command Description
scancel JOBID Cancel a specific job
scancel -u username Cancel all your jobs

Cluster Information

Command Description
sinfo Partition and node status
scontrol show partition PARTITION Partition details and limits
check_my_partitions Your available partitions and accounts
features Available node constraints/features

Environment Modules

Command Description
module avail List all available modules
module avail NAME Search for a specific module
module spider NAME Detailed module info including dependencies
module load NAME Load a module
module list List loaded modules
module unload NAME Unload a module
module purge Unload all modules

Common SBATCH Directives

Directive Description
#SBATCH --job-name=NAME Job name
#SBATCH --account=ACCOUNT Account name
#SBATCH --partition=PARTITION Partition/queue
#SBATCH --qos=QOS Quality of Service
#SBATCH --time=HH:MM:SS Max run time
#SBATCH --ntasks=N Number of tasks
#SBATCH --nodes=N Number of nodes
#SBATCH --cpus-per-task=N CPU cores per task
#SBATCH --mem-per-cpu=NG Memory per CPU
#SBATCH --mem=NG Total memory
#SBATCH --gres=gpu:N Number of GPUs
#SBATCH --constraint=FEATURE Node constraint/feature
#SBATCH --array=1-N Job array
#SBATCH --output=FILE_%j.out Output file (%j = job ID)
#SBATCH --error=FILE_%j.err Error file
#SBATCH --mail-user=EMAIL Notification email
#SBATCH --mail-type=END,FAIL When to notify
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