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 | PBS | Slurm |
| 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 |
| Job Specification | PBS | Slurm |
| Script directive | #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] |
| Wall Clock Limit | -l walltime=[hh:mm:ss] | -t [min]
OR -t [days-hh:mm:ss] |
| Standard Output File | -o [file_name] | -o [file_name] |
| Standard Error File | -e [file_name] | -e [file_name] |
| Combine std out/er | -j oe (both to stdout)
OR -j eo (both to stderr) |
(use -o without -e) |
| Copy Environment | -V | –export=[ALL | NONE | variables] |
| Event Notification | -m abe | –mail-type=[events] |
| Email Address | -M [address] | –mail-user=[address] |
| Job Name | -N [name] | –job-name=[name] |
| Job Restart | -r [y|n] | –requeue
OR –no-requeue (NOTE:configurable default) |
| Working Directory | N/A | –workdir=[dir_name] |
| Memory Size | -l mem=[MB] | –mem=[mem][M|G|T]
OR –mem-per-cpu=[mem][M|G|T] |