Interactive use of Odyssey (i.e., not submitting jobs)

LSF cheat sheet

Note: The bsub option used below is a capital i, not a lower-case l

R

Add R to your environment with the command:

module load math/R-2.10.0

To invoke R interactively, issue the command:

bsub -Is -n 1 -q interact R

To exit R, type q() at the R prompt.

If you wish to display graphic results on the screen, you need to have X-windows server software and enable X11 tunneling in your ssh client, e.g., Cygwin/X, XMing or X-Win32.

Matlab

Add Matlab to your environment with the command:

module load math/matlab-R2010a

To invoke Matlab interactively, issue the command:

bsub -Is -n 1 -q interact matlab

To exit Matlab, type exit at the Matlab prompt.

If you wish to display graphic results on the screen, you need to have X-windows server software and enable X11 tunneling in your ssh client, e.g., Cygwin/X, XMing or X-Win32.

Mathematica

Add Mathematica to your environment with the command:

module load hpc/mathematica-7.0.1

To invoke Mathematica interactively, issue the command:

bsub -Is -n 1 -q interact math

To exit Mathematica, type Exit or Quit at the Mathematica prompt.

If you wish to display graphic results on the screen, you need to have X-windows server software and enable X11 tunneling in your ssh client, e.g., Cygwin/X, XMing or X-Win32.

IDL

Add IDL to your environment with the command:

module load hpc/IDL-7.1

To invoke IDL interactively, issue the command:

bsub -Is -n 1 -q interact idl

To exit IDL, type exit at the IDL prompt.

If you wish to display graphic results on the screen, you need to have X-windows server software and enable X11 tunneling in your ssh client, e.g., Cygwin/X, XMing or X-Win32.