Down below are listed some frequently used LSF commands and their SLURM equivalents.
Essential commands
| LSF | SLURM | Description |
|---|---|---|
| bsub < script_file | sbatch script_file | Submit a job script to the scheduler |
| bqueues | sinfo | Show available scheduling queues |
| bjobs | squeue -u <username> | List user's pending and running jobs |
| bsub -n 1 -q hpc_int -Is /bin/bash | srun -n 1 -p slurmHPC_int --pty /bin/bash | Request an interactive session |
Job specification
| LSF | SLURM | Description |
|---|---|---|
| #BSUB | #SBATCH | Scheduler directive |
| -q queue_name | --partition=queue_name or -p queue_name | Specify the scheduling queue |
| -W hh:mm:ss | --time= hh:mm:ss or -t hh:mm:ss | Set the maximum runtime limit |
| -We hh:mm:ss | --time-min= hh:mm:ss | Set an estimated runtime |
| -J job_name | --job-name= jobname | Specify a name for the job |
-o filename | --output= filename or -o filename, | Standard job output |
| -e filename | --error=filename or -e filename | Standard job error output |
| -n number-of-cores | --ntasks= number-of-cores or -n number-of-cores | Number of CPU cores |
| -m <host-group-name> | --constraint="<host-group-name>" | To select a node with a specific processor model |
Further commands and options are listed at the following link [32].