Skip to content

HPC Quick Reference Guide#

Remember to substitute the usernames, login nodes, file names, ...for your own.

Login
Login ssh vsc40000@login.hpc.ugent.be
Where am I? hostname
Copy to HPC scp foo.txt vsc40000@login.hpc.ugent.be:
Copy from HPC scp vsc40000@login.hpc.ugent.be:foo.txt
Setup ftp session sftp vsc40000@login.hpc.ugent.be
Modules
List all available modules Module avail
List loaded modules module list
Load module module load example
Unload module module unload example
Unload all modules module purge
Help on use of module module help
Command Description
qsub script.pbs Submit job with job script script.pbs
qstat 12345 Status of job with ID 12345
qstat -n 12345 Show compute node of job with ID 12345
qdel 12345 Delete job with ID 12345
qstat Status of all your jobs
qstat -na Detailed status of your jobs + a list of nodes they are running on
qsub -I Submit Interactive job
Disk quota
Check your disk quota see https://account.vscentrum.be
Disk usage in current directory (.) du -h
Worker Framework
Load worker module module load worker/1.6.13-iimpi-2023a Don't forget to specify a version. To list available versions, use module avail worker/
Submit parameter sweep wsub -batch weather.pbs -data data.csv
Submit job array wsub -t 1-100 -batch test_set.pbs
Submit job array with prolog and epilog wsub -prolog pre.sh -batch test_set.pbs -epilog post.sh -t 1-100