QALTER(1)

💅 QALTER(1) — aka the glow-up page for your jobs

okay so real talk, this is the perl-documented qalter page (user contributed, obvs) and I'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 2am 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

qalter — the little icon that alters a job name, the job rerun flag, or the job output file name. three things. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

qalter [-N Name]
       [-r y|n]
       [-o output file]
       <job ID>

so you're passing flags, then the <job ID> at the end, and honestly? slay. that's it. that's the whole syntax. 💖

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

qalter updates the job name, the job rerun flag, or the job output (stdout) log location. that's the assignment and it ate. ✨

and the fun lore: it's aimed to be feature-compatible with PBS' qsub. iykyk. 💅

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🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

okay bestie, here's the whole roster, no skips, no cap:

• -N — updates the job name in the queue. cute little rebrand for your job. 💖
• -r — alters the job rerunnable flag. set it to y and you're allowing a qrerun to be issued; set it to n and you're disabling the qrerun option. gatekeeping? no. gate-opening? depends on the letter fr. 🚪
• -o — alters the job output log file name (stdout). heads up though: the job log will be move/rename after the job has terminated. so it's a ✨later✨ kind of change, not an instant one. don't come for me, that's just what the page says 😭
• -? | --help — a brief help message. the snack-sized version. 🍓
• -man — the full documentation. the whole meal. the main character energy of docs. 👑
• <job ID> — the job you're altering. literally the whole point. 💀

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• qrerun(1)
• qsub(1)

go read those too, they're giving supporting cast that lowkey carries the plot 🌈

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ngl if you're messing with -r and qrerun together, just remember the flag has to allow the rerun before anything happens. y = yes bestie, n = nope 🙈

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and that's the page!! brought to you by perl v5.40.2, dated 2026-10-14 — mwah, stan, periodt 💜🧚‍♀️