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PBS to Slurm Command tables

User Commands PBS Slurm
Job Submission qsub [script_file] sbatch [script_file]
Job Deletion qdel [job_id] scancel [job_id]
Jobs Status (by Job) qstat [job_id] squeue [job_id]
Job Status (by user) qstat -u [user_name] squeue -u [user_name]
Job Deletion by user (all) qdel `qselect -u [user_name]` scancel -u [user_name]
Job Hold qhold [job_id] scontrol hold [job_id]
Job Release qrls [job_id] scontrol release [job_id]
Queue list qstat -Q squeue
Node list pbsnodes -l sinfo -N
Cluster status qstat -a sinfo
Environment Variables
Job ID $PBS_JOBID $SLURM_JOBID
Submit Directory $PBS_O_WORKDIR $SLURM_SUBMIT_DIR
Submit Host $PBS_O_HOST $SLURM_SUBMIT_HOST
Node List $PBS_NODEFILE $SLURM_JOB_NODELIST
Job Array Index $PBS_ARRAYID $SLURM_ARRAY_TASK_ID
Script Directives
Script Directive Prefix #PBS #SBATCH
Queue -q [queue] -p [queue]
Node Count -l nodes=[count] -N [min[-max]]
CPU Count -l ppn=[count] or -l mppwidth=[PE_count] -c [count]
Walltime -l walltime=[hh:mm:ss] -t [min] or [days-hh:mm:ss]
Std Output File -o [file] -o [file]
Std Error File -e [file] -e [file]
Combine stdout/stderr -j oe or -j eo Use -o only
Copy Environment -V –export=[ALL | NONE | VARS]
Email Notification -m abe –mail-type=[events]
Email Address -M [address] –mail-user=[address]
Job Name -N [name] –job-name=[name]
Memory Size -l mem=[MB] –mem=[mem] or –mem-per-cpu=[mem]

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