# Pbs script completes but gives no output **URL:** \ **Category:** Users/Site Administrators\ **Created:** [December 27, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/pbs-script-completes-but-gives-no-output/2918 "2021-12-27T18:12:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![faker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@faker](https://community.openpbs.org/u/faker)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/pbs-script-completes-but-gives-no-output/2918/1 "2021-12-27T18:12:10Z")
after installed openpbs, i want to check whether it is installed successfully with the following script > #PBS -S /bin/bash > #PBS -N job1 > #PBS -l nodes=1:ppn=8 > > export PATH=$PBS\_O\_PATH > sleep 100 > pwd \> hello.txt this job can be submitted successfully to the queue, as showed by qstat > [node01@node01 test2]$ qstat -a > > node01: > Req’d Req’d Elap > Job ID Username Queue Jobname SessID NDS TSK Memory Time S Time > > * * * > > 23.node01 node01 batch job1 16676 1 8 – 01:00:00 C but my problem is it seems that pwd\>hello.txt did not work as there is no hello.txt file generated. Meanwhile, job1.e23 and job1.o23 are generated but both of these two files are empty. This really puzzles me, so i come here for some help. Thanks! ps: below is the screen output of qstat -f jobid > Job Id: 23.node01 > Job\_Name = job1 > Job\_Owner = node01@node01 > resources\_used.cput = 00:00:00 > resources\_used.energy\_used = 0 > resources\_used.mem = 2924kb > resources\_used.vmem = 338868kb > resources\_used.walltime = 00:01:41 > job\_state = C > queue = batch > server = node01 > Checkpoint = u > ctime = Mon Dec 27 16:38:01 2021 > Error\_Path = node01:/home/node1/test2/job1.e23 > exec\_host = node01/0-7 > Hold\_Types = n > Join\_Path = n > Keep\_Files = n > Mail\_Points = a > mtime = Mon Dec 27 16:39:42 2021 > Output\_Path = node01:/home/node1/test2/job1.o23 > Priority = 0 > qtime = Mon Dec 27 16:38:01 2021 > Rerunable = True > Resource\_List.nodes = 1:ppn=8 > Resource\_List.nodect = 1 > Resource\_List.walltime = 01:00:00 > session\_id = 16676 > Shell\_Path\_List = /bin/bash > Variable\_List = PBS\_O\_QUEUE=batch,PBS\_O\_HOME=/home/node1, > PBS\_O\_LOGNAME=node01, > PBS\_O\_PATH=/opt/intel/oneapi/clck/2021.1-beta10/bin/intel64:/opt/inte > l/oneapi/intelpython/latest/bin:/opt/intel/oneapi/intelpython/latest/c > ondabin:/opt/intel/oneapi/mpi/2021.1-beta10/libfabric/bin:/opt/intel/o > neapi/mpi/2021.1-beta10/bin:/opt/intel/oneapi/dpcpp-ct/2021.1.1/bin:/o > pt/intel/oneapi/vtune/2021.1.1/bin64:/opt/intel/oneapi/mkl/latest/bin/ > intel64:/opt/intel/oneapi/compiler/2021.1-beta10/linux/lib/oclfpga/llv > m/aocl-bin:/opt/intel/oneapi/compiler/2021.1-beta10/linux/lib/oclfpga/ > bin:/opt/intel/oneapi/compiler/2021.1-beta10/linux/bin/intel64:/opt/in > tel/oneapi/compiler/2021.1-beta10/linux/bin:/opt/intel/oneapi/compiler > /2021.1-beta10/linux/ioc/bin:/opt/intel/oneapi/dev-utilities/2021.1-be > ta10/bin:/usr/local/torque/bin:/usr/local/torque/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/ > usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/Programs/Torque/bin:/Programs/Torqu > e/sbin:/home/node1/.local/bin:/home/node1/bin, > PBS\_O\_MAIL=/var/spool/mail/node01,PBS\_O\_SHELL=/bin/bash, > PBS\_O\_LANG=en\_US.UTF-8,PBS\_O\_WORKDIR=/home/node1/test2, > PBS\_O\_HOST=node01,PBS\_O\_SERVER=node01 > euser = node01 > egroup = node1 > queue\_type = E > comment = Job started on Mon Dec 27 at 16:38 > etime = Mon Dec 27 16:38:01 2021 > exit\_status = 0 > submit\_args = job1 > start\_time = Mon Dec 27 16:38:01 2021 > start\_count = 1 > fault\_tolerant = False > comp\_time = Mon Dec 27 16:39:42 2021 > job\_radix = 0 > total\_runtime = 100.249841 > submit\_host = node01 > init\_work\_dir = /home/node1/test2 ---
**Author:** ![dtalcott](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.openpbs.org/dtalcott/32/410_2.png) [@dtalcott](https://community.openpbs.org/u/dtalcott)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/pbs-script-completes-but-gives-no-output/2918/2 "2021-12-27T22:01:36Z")
Did you check for hello.txt in your $HOME directory? A PBS job starts in $HOME. You can put a ` cd $PBS_O_WORKDIR` in your script to change to the directory where the job was submitted. ---
**Author:** ![faker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@faker](https://community.openpbs.org/u/faker)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 8:56am UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/pbs-script-completes-but-gives-no-output/2918/3 "2021-12-28T08:56:40Z")
Thanks mate! It works.