Useful commands to work on the IFB-core Cluster

Here are some useful command lines you may need to work on the IFB-core Cluster during the practical.

You can find more detailed information and video tutorial on IFB-core Cluster Documentation.


How to download/upload your data from the cluster

To download file/files from the cluster to your current directory

scp  '<your login>@core.cluster.france-bioinformatique.fr:/<absolute path to your file>' .

To download a folder from the cluster to your current directory

scp -r  '<your login>@core.cluster.france-bioinformatique.fr:/<absolute path to your folder>' .

To upload a file to the cluster

scp '<path to your local folder>' '<your login>@core.cluster.france-bioinformatique.fr:/<absolute path to the target folder>'

How to get information on your current job

squeue -u <your login>

How to list all your running/pending jobs

squeue -u <your login> -t RUNNING
squeue -u <your login> -t PENDING

How to cancel jobs

Cancel a specific job

scancel <jobid>

Cancel all your jobs

scancel -u <your login>

Cancel all your pending jobs

scancel -t PENDING -u <your login>