condor_q cheatsheet

Condor _q Cheatsheet

1. View & Summarize Jobs

Command	What it Does	Example
`condor_q`	Batched summary (one line per cluster)	`condor_q`
`condor_q -nobatch`	Per‑job listing (one line per proc)	`condor_q -nobatch 195`
`condor_q -all`	All users’ jobs (batched)	`condor_q -all`
`condor_q -all -nobatch`	All users’ jobs (per‑job)	`condor_q -all -nobatch`

2. Run & Status Info

Command	What it Does	Example
`condor_q -run`	Show running jobs, run‑time & execute node	`condor_q -run -nobatch`
`condor_q -hold [JobId]`	List held jobs + reason	`condor_q -hold`
`condor_q -better-analyze`	Diagnose why idle/held	`condor_q -better-analyze 14308195.6`

3. DAG & Structure

Command	What it Does	Example
`condor_q -dag`	Group by DAG tree	`condor_q -dag -nobatch`
`condor_q -long JobId`	Full attribute dump for one job	`condor_q -long 19997268.0`

4. Attributes & Formatting

Command	What it Does	Example
`-af Attr1 Attr2 …`	Auto‑format: show only specified attributes	`condor_q -af RequestMemory RequestDisk`
`-constraint "<expr>"`	Filter jobs by any ClassAd expression	`condor_q -constraint "JobStatus == 5" -af HoldReason`

5. Batch Naming

Submit-time

# in submit file
batch_name = "CoolJobs"

# or on CLI
condor_submit my.sub -batch-name CoolJobs

6. Handy One‑Liners & Tips

Memory/disk request vs. usage

condor_q -af RequestMemory RequestDisk MemoryUsage

Jobs by DAGMan ID

condor_q -constraint "DAGManJobId == 234567"

Automate hold alerts
• Cron: condor_q -hold | mail -s "Mohamed Elashri" you@domain

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