Command Reference Guide

Platform LSF Command Reference 125
bpeek
displays the stdout and stderr output of an unfinished job
Synopsis
bpeek [-f] [-q queue_name | -m host_name | -J job_name |
job_ID | "job_ID[index_list]"]
bpeek [-h | -V]
Description
Displays the standard output and standard error output that have been produced by
one of your unfinished jobs, up to the time that this command is invoked.
By default, displays the output using the command
cat.
This command 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.
Options
-f Displays the output of the job using the command tail -f.
-q queue_name Operates on your most recently submitted job in the specified queue.
-m host_name Operates on your most recently submitted job that has been dispatched to the
specified host.
-J job_name Operates on your most recently submitted job that has the specified job name.
The job name can be up to 4094 characters long for UNIX and Linux or up to 255
characters for Windows.
job_ID | "job_ID[index_list]"
Operates on the specified job.
-h Prints command usage to stderr and exits.
-V Prints LSF release version to stderr and exits.
See also
cat, tail, bsub, bjobs, bhist, bhosts, bqueues