Does qsub pass command line arguments to my script?

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When I submit a job using

qsub script.sh

is $@ setted to some value inside script.sh? That is, are there any command line arguments passed to script.sh?

score 18 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 22 '14 at 17:35

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You can pass arguments to the job script using the -F option of qsub:

qsub script.sh -F "args to script"

or inside script.sh:

#PBS -F arguments

This is documented here.

answered Oct 22 '14 at 17:35

dbeer

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is there an example on how to use this argument inside the script, I need to create a folder with the -F argument name. – Herman Toothrot May 17 '16 at 10:44
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No option `-F` with PBSPro_13.1.2.163512. – Caduchon Mar 10 '17 at 07:20
I gave a torque-specific answer because this question has a Torque label, and because I don't know much about PBSPro. – dbeer Mar 10 '17 at 16:49

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 26 '18 at 12:58

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On my platform the -F is not available. As a substitute -v helped:

qsub -v "var=value" script.csh

And then use the variable var in your script. See also the documentation.

answered Jan 26 '18 at 12:58

Martin

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 21 '14 at 17:49

No. Just tried to submit a script with arguments before I answered and qsub won't accept it.

This won't be as convenient as putting arguments on the command line but you could possibly set some environment variables which you can have Torque export to the job with -v [var name} or -V.

Does qsub pass command line arguments to my script?

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