Command line tools

Condor includes numerous command line tools and options. In the following the most useful will be presented

 Job submission

condor_submit <submitfile>: Submits the job described in <submitfile> to the condor cluster

Queue related commands

condor_q: Lists all queued (incl. running) jobs

condor_q -global: In case condor_q is not run on a node with scheduler running

condor_q -run: All currently running jobs and their ressource useage

condor_q <jobid>: All jobs matching the job id

condor_q <submitter>: All jobs submitted by <submitter>

condor_q <jobid> -analyze: Get information about current job queue status inclusive error messages

Status of the condor grid

condor_status: Provides an overview of all connected nodes and their operating conditions

condor_status -run: List of all nodes currently actively processing jobs

condor_status -submitters: Overview of all submitted jobs and their status

Priority options

condor_userprio: Displays the priority of the active users, lower is better

condor_userprio -all: Display all available info for the active users

condor_userprio -allusers: Display all cluster users

condor_prio <jobId> -p <newJobPriority>: change the priority of individual jobs. Higher is better. This does not influence priority of other users, only for reordering (own) jobs in the queue.