Powertools Documentation

This table gives an overview of all powertools available on the HPCC.

NOTE: This list may be out of sync with the current system. Use the powertools command to see the most up to date list on the system.

This data was automatically generated Thu, 24 September 2026 at 12:00:55 EDT

Tool Name	Label	Description
activate_eessi	Software	Load EESSI in a new subshell
active_nodes	Cluster Information	List available SLURM nodes with CPU and memory stats with buy-in types
alldevnodes	Utilities	Run a command on all dev nodes.
allnodes_buyintype.txt
amd20	Developer Navigation	log onto the named dev node and cd to the current directory
amd24	Developer Navigation	log onto the named dev node and cd to the current directory
bi	User Information	Displays information about users' buy-in accounts and nodes
buyin_status	User Information	Displays information about users' buy-in accounts and nodes and enabled buy-in managers to add/remove users
checkjob	Job Tools	Displays detailed SLURM job information for the specified job IDs
checknode	Node Information	Display detailed SLURM node information for the specified node names.
cloudSync	Utilities	Two way synchronization of local folders and cloud storage. Use in local storage directory.
clusterstate	Cluster Information	Prints a table of each cluster’s current load, number of nodes up, and total node count
conda_overlay_env	Singularity	Set environment variables for a conda-enabled singularity overlay
connecttojob	Job Tools	SSH to node where job is running
cputime	User Information	Display used and remaining CPU time for a user
create_jupyter_singularity_overlay	Singularity	Create a singularity Overlay that will work with the new Jupyter OnDemand (Beta users only)
dev	Developer Navigation	log onto a random dev node and cd to the current directory
devnode_common	Developer Navigation	log onto the named dev node and cd to the current directory
disable_slurm_node_fail_notifications.sh	Utilities	Check if the slurmtrigger directory is mounted and, if so, create a per-user exception file to stop failed-node notifications
down_nodes	Node Information	List all down SLURM nodes with reason
enable_slurm_node_fail_notifications.sh	Utilities	Check if the slurmtrigger directory is mounted and remove the per-user exception file to re-enable failed-node notifications
fairshare_info	Queue Information	This script displays information about SLURM's fair share configuration
file-count	Files	Show the file count (including hidden files) for any directory (by default the home directory)
file-sizes	Files	Display uncompressed disk usage of DIRECTORY (defaults to home dir if none supplied).
fixsmbmount	Utilities	Temporary fix to credential syncying for mapping home and research drives
getexample	Files	Download user examples
gpucheck	Cluster Information	Show GPU devices available on the current host
gpustate	Cluster Information	Return GPU usage for resources accessible to the current user
groupinfo	Powertools	Get detailed information about a group
group_only_user	Utilities	Adds umask 002 and changes to research directory in your .bashrc file
h200	Developer Navigation	log onto the named dev node and cd to the current directory
install_micromamba	Software	Install micromamba in your home directory
intel18	Developer Navigation	log onto the named dev node and cd to the current directory
interactive_job	Job Tools	Launch an interactive job with sensible defaults
job_gpu_usage	Job Tools	Show the reserved GPU usage of a job in GPU minutes
job_steps	Job Tools	Report SLURM job step data using sacct and sstat
licensecheck	Cluster Information	Check software licenses
lictool
lmstat
lm_studio_link_models	AI Tools	Creates symbolic links to llms in /mnt/research/common-data/llms/lm-studio/models in $HOME/.cache/lm-studio/models WARNING will remove local models only if they also exist in the common folder
mll	Module Commands	Load software modules & List all loaded modules.
mod	Utilities	display message of the day
monitorlm
move2	Queue Information	Reorders job priority for a user's SLURM jobs
move2bot	Queue Information	Reorders job priority for a user's SLURM jobs
move2top	Queue Information	Reorders job priority for a user's SLURM jobs
MPINodes	Job Tools	Display list of nodes for each running task (process)
node_status	Node Information	Status information of compute nodes
old_os	Compatibility	Start a shell using the CentOS 7.9 image matching ICER's old operating system.
ollama_link_models	AI Tools	Creates symbolic links to llms in /mnt/research/common-data/llms/ollama/models in $HOME/.ollama/models WARNING will remove local models if and only if they also exist in the common folder
os	Node Information	Print out the name of the current OS (used for debugging)
overlay_build	Singularity	Build a singularity overlay file to make some of singularity read/write
overlay_exec	Singularity	Execute a command inside the conda enabled overlay built with powertools
overlay_install_conda	Singularity	Install Conda inside an overlay image
overlay_resize	Singularity	resize a singularity image to make more space
overlay_size	Singularity	Return the available space inside an overlay file
overlay_start	Singularity	Start an Overlay in the default centos singularity image
OverQuotaRM	Files	Remove a file when quota is full
pns	Node Information	List information of partitions and compute nodes
powertools	Powertools	Display a list of current powertools or a long description
poweruser	Powertools	Adds powertools to your .bashrc file
PrimaryGroup	Powertools	Change user's primary group for the current shell session
priority_status	User Information	Displays information about users' buy-in accounts and nodes
qdel_all	Job Tools	delete all of my jobs in the queue (including job arrays)
qs	Queue Information	Show queue information for Slurm jobs
queue_status	Queue Information	Show queue information for Slurm jobs
reportseff_more	User Information	Run reportseff and pipe the output through '
rlmutil
rstudio_server	Software	Initialize and launch RStudio Server instance
sbatch_old	Compatibility	Submit an sbatch script using CentOS 7.9 image to match ICER's old operating system.
seff	Job Tools	Report Slurm job efficiency for a specified Job ID
setup_matlab_PCT	Software	creates directories and setups configuration file for MATLAB PCT
setup_matlab_PCT~	Powertools	creates directories and setups configuration file for MATLAB PCT
showprio	Queue Information	Display SLURM job priorities in a formatted table
show-samba-paths	User Information	Display samba paths of user's home and research spaces
show_user_pi.pl	User Information	Display the PI(s) associated with a user
slurm_dive	Queue Information	Print out summary information about the scheduler from sdiag
slurm_top	Job Tools	Print out 'top' information for node running a job with given
SLURMUsage	Usage Information	Get yearly CPU and GPU hours of a general user
sq	User Information	List of jobs and nodes that user is currently running on
srun_old	Compatibility	Submit an srun line inside CentOS 7.9 image to match ICER's old operating system.
starttime	Job Tools	Show estimated start times for a job
timeconvert	Queue Information	Convert Walltime to seconds and vice versa
trackmemory	Job Tools	Monitor the memory usage of a running program and write CSV output
umask_in_bash	Utilities	Adds umask 002 to your .bashrc file
user_cpu_usage	Usage Information	Show the CPU usage(CPU hour) of the users jobs on compute nodes at given time period.
user_gpu_usage	Usage Information	Show the GPU usage(GPU hour) of the user at given time period.
userinfo	User Information	Get detailed information about a user
userlogincheck	Job Tools	Show a user's queued jobs and active login/dev-node sessions
user_slurm_usage	Usage Information	Get yearly CPU and GPU hours of a general user
v100	Developer Navigation	log onto the named dev node and cd to the current directory