HTCondor Cheat-Sheet

Here you can find some useful commands for HTCondor that can be run in the terminal. Note that some command options can be combined (eg. condor_q -nobatch -run)

**Job submission**
condor_submit <submit_file>	submit job specified by `submit_file`
condor_rm <job_id>	remove job(s) associated with `job_id` from the scheduler
condor_rm -all	remove all your jobs from the scheduler
condor_hold <job_id>	hold the job(s) associated with `job_id`
condor_release <job_id>	resumes the job(s) associated with `job_id`

**Monitoring jobs**
condor_q	lists your submitted jobs currently in the scheduler
condor_q -nobatch	lists your submitted jobs without batched view
condor_q -run	lists your running jobs
condor_q –better-analyze <job_ID>	analyse `job_ID`, helps explaining its current state
condor_q -l <job_ID>	lists all attributes of the job(s) associated with `job_ID`
condor_q -hold <job_ID>	displays hold reason for job(s) associated with `job_ID`
condor_history <user_ID>	list previous finished jobs

**Pool status**
condor_status	check status of all nodes
condor_status -compact	list execution_point slots in compact view
condor_status -avail	list execution_point slots not executing jobs