Last modified: 2014-02-12 18:07:06 UTC
Jsub strips the quotes of arguments. When the quoted argument includes special bash characters like "(", "|" or "&", then the job submission fails. Jsub should always keep the quotes of arguments. Example: $ jsub grep -E "^(a|b)$" foo.txt NB: I wrote a workaround in https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nova_Resource:Tools/Help#Quoted_arguments
Actually, no, jsub doesn't strip anything :-). The problem lies with qsub, SGE's job submitter, and is practically unfixable in a reliable way. The recommendation is to use a wrapper script. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 48811 ***
I don't like to write scripts just for one-off jobs, but so be it (I'm content with my workaround). I updated the help section I mentioned.
(In reply to comment #2) > I don't like to write scripts just for one-off jobs, but so be it (I'm > content > with my workaround). I updated the help section I mentioned. I don't either (especially as this poses questions like when can you safely remove the wrapper scripts from the disk, etc.), but as the quoting behaviour of qsub depends on the -b option, it's very easy to become confused otherwise.
