cat >job_ModulesStat.sh <> OUTlmdAlignStat exit 0 EOF ### submit job to batch system iter=0 while [ $iter -lt 1 ];do qsub job_ModulesStat.sh done_test=$(echo $?) if [ "$done_test" -eq "0" ];then echo "Job submitted!" iter=1 else echo "qsub did not work sleep for 60 seconds and then try again." sleep 60 fi done