jobnice

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Slurm: Add nice level to jobs, or list jobs with non-zero nice level
# Homepage: https://github.com/OleHolmNielsen/Slurm_tools/

# List or set nice values:
listnice=0
# Default nice value
NICE=-50000
# squeue: the %y option prints nice level
SQUEUE_FORMAT="%y %Q %T %A %P %u %g %S %e %j %b %R"

# Parse command options
while getopts "lp:n:h" options; do
	case $options in
		l )	listnice=1
			;;
		p )	export partition="-p $OPTARG"
			echo "Select partition $OPTARG"
			listnice=1
			;;
		n )	export NICE=$OPTARG
			listnice=0
			echo Set job nice value to $NICE
			;;
		h | * )	echo "Usage:"
			echo "Listing: $0 -l | -p partition"
			echo "Setting: $0 [-n nice-value] job [jobs ...]"
			exit 1;;
	esac
done
shift $((OPTIND-1))

if test $listnice -eq 0
then
	JOBLIST="$*"
	if test -z "$JOBLIST"
	then
		echo $0: No job list provided
		$0 -h
		exit 1
	fi
	echo Job list: $JOBLIST
	# Change nice level of jobs
	for j in $JOBLIST
	do
		scontrol update jobid=$j nice=$NICE
	done
	# Print a job status
	squeue -o "$SQUEUE_FORMAT" -j `echo $JOBLIST | sed 's/ /,/g'`
else
	echo; echo "Jobs with a non-zero nice value:"; echo
	squeue $partition -o "$SQUEUE_FORMAT" | awk '{if ($1 != 0) print $0}' 
fi