Submit Your First Job

This guide walks you through submitting your first job to the cluster.

Step 1: Create a Job Script

Create a file called hello.sh:

#!/bin/bash
#SBATCH --job-name=hello
#SBATCH --nodes=1
#SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=1
#SBATCH --time=00:10:00
#SBATCH --output=hello.out

# Load any required modules
module purge
module load python

# Your command here
echo "Hello from the HPC cluster!"
python --version

Step 2: Submit the Job

sbatch hello.sh

You’ll see output like:

Submitted batch job 12345

Step 3: Check Job Status

# Check if your job is running
squeue -u $USER

# Check if it's completed
sacct -j 12345

Step 4: View Output

# View the output file
cat hello.out

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