submit sbatch jobs in loop

Question

I have a txt file (say jobs.txt) that has several lines like:

"sbatch -w node00x script.sh 1"
"sbatch -w node00z script.sh 10"
.
.
etc

I wonder if it is possible to create an executable bash file like the following

#!/bin/bash

while read -r line;
do submit the job by line;
done < jobs.txt;

that I can just execute and which will run the jobs in respective nodes. I have very limited knowledge in this area. Would appreciate any help.

Answer 1

What I usually do in those cases is:

./jobs.txt

If you have set the execution permissions for that file (as its extension suggests), give them to it:

chmod u+x jobs.txt

And if it is necessary, I would add to the head of the jobs.txt:

#!/bin/bash

And if you want to remove any confusion with the file name, rename it:

mv jobs.txt jobs.sh

Now, you have a workload ready to be submitted!

Answer 2

If I understand you correctly, you just need to do eval command:

eval $line