What are array jobs

Array jobs are typically thought of as a series of identical, or near identical, tasks that are run multiple times as part of a job. Each array task is assigned an index number, SGE_TASK_ID. This ID is used to differentiate the tasks, and the value of the variable can be used for various purposes as part of the job. In the simplest case, the ID is just used as part of the JOB_ID for the stdout/stderr.

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