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NAME

bpeek - display the stdout and stderr output of a unfinished batch job in the lsbatch system

SYNOPSIS

bpeek [ -h ] [ -V ] [ -f ] [ -q queue_name | -m host_name | -J job_name jobId ]

DESCRIPTION

Display the standard output and standard error output that have been produced by an unfinished batch job up to the time that this command is invoked. It is useful for monitoring the progress of a job and identifying errors. If errors are observed, valuable user time and system resources can be saved by terminating an erroneous job. You can only inspect the output of your own job. Note that only one of the four ways to specify a job can be used in a request.

OPTIONS

-h Print command usage to stderr and exit.

-V Print LSF release version to stderr and exit.

-f Display the output of the job using the command «tail -f". The default is «cat".

-q queue_name
Display the output of the most recently submitted job that is in the specified queue.

-m host_name
Display the output of the most recently submitted job that has been dispatched to the specified host.

-J job_name
Display the output of the most recently submitted job that has the specified job name.

jobId
Display the output of the job with the specified ID. The default is to display the output of the most recently submitted job that satisfies option -q, -m or -J.

SEE ALSO

tail(1) , bsub(1) , bjobs(1) , bhist(1) , bhosts(1) , bqueues(1)


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