interactive_jobs.sh

#!/bin/bash 

# make it easier to request interactive jobs

int ()
{
  # there's issues with getopts working in functions if OPTIND isn't reset 
  # every time the function is called
  local OPTIND;
  # should we use gpu queue, defaults to cpu
  g=false
  # how many ppn to use
  p=4
  # how much memory, default is it doesn't matter
  m=""
  # how much time
  t="walltime=40:00:00"

  while getopts ":gm:p:t:" opt; do
    case $opt in
      g)
        g=true
        ;;
      m)
        m=":mem"$OPTARG"GB"
        ;;
      p)
        p=$OPTARG
        ;;
      t)
        t="walltime="$OPTARG":00:00"
    esac
  done

  if [ "$g" = true ]; then
    qsub -I -q gpuq -l nodes=1:ppn=$p$m -l $t -N "interactive_gpu"
  else
    qsub -I -l nodes=1:ppn=$p$m -l $t -N "interactive_cpu"
  fi
}