Function to delete all Sun Grid Engine (SGE) jobs with a given string in their name

qda.sh

function qda() {
	# Delete all jobs containing $1 in their (shortened) name
	jobName=$1
	# Get list of job numbers
	jobList=$(echo "`qstat`" | grep "${jobName}" | awk '{print $1;}')
	# Delete individually
	for job in ${jobList}
		do
		  qdel ${job}
	done
}