Checking the queue

When using the cluster, you typically wish to see an overview of what is currently in the queue. For example to see how many jobs might be waiting ahead of you or to get an overview of your own jobs.

The command squeue can be used to get a general overview:

squeue

JOBID   PARTITION       NAME      USER    ST      TIME    NODES   NODELIST(REASON)
42            gpu   interact  xxxxxxxx     R   6:45:14        1        ailab-l4-01

squeue

JOBID PARTITION     NAME     USER ST       TIME  NODES NODELIST(REASON)
31623     batch     DRSC xxxxxxxx  R    6:45:14      1 i256-a10-10
31693     batch singular yyyyyyyy  R      24:20      1 i256-a40-01
31694     batch singular yyyyyyyy  R      24:20      1 i256-a40-01
31695     batch singular yyyyyyyy  R      24:20      1 i256-a40-01
31696     batch singular yyyyyyyy  R      24:20      1 i256-a40-01
31502 prioritiz runQHGK. zzzzzzzz PD       0:00      1 (Dependency)
31504 prioritiz runQHGK. zzzzzzzz PD       0:00      1 (Dependency)

1. JOBID shows the ID number of each job in queue.
2. PARTITION shows which partition each job is running in.
3. NAME is the name of the job which can be specified by the user creating it.
4. USER is the username of the user who created the job.
5. ST is the current state of each job; for example R means a job is running and PD means pending. There are other states as well - see man squeue for more details (under JOB STATE CODES).
6. TIME shows how long each job has been running.
7. NODES shows how many nodes are involved in each job allocation.
8. NODELIST shows which node(s) each job is running on, or alternatively, why it is not running yet.

Showing your own jobs only:

squeue --me

squeue can show many other details about jobs as well. Run man squeue to see detailed documentation on how to do this.