Checking time of a simulation

joshmccraney · April 14, 2020, 13:08

Hi all!

When running a simulation, say something like this:

Code:

mpirun -np 16 interFoam -parallel > log.interFoam &

the terminal does not display an output. So how can I tell what time the simulation is at (not clocktime, but the simulation time)?

HPE · April 14, 2020, 14:04

Hope understood your question correctly.

You direct the standard stream (excluding errors?) into the file `log.interFoam` by using `>` operator.

If you would like to see the accumulating content of `log.interFoam`, open another terminal at the same location, and do `tail -f log.interFoam`, which will output whatever recorded into the log file to the screen.

If you only would like to see the output, but not to save it to a file, just `mpirun -np 16 interFoam -parallel` will output to the screen.

joshmccraney · April 14, 2020, 14:10

Perfect and thanks!

Followup: if I want to kill the process, typically I would type ctrl+c. How would I do it for this?

HPE · April 14, 2020, 16:39

Yes, that would do. You can also change the `endTime` settings in `controlDict` if you would like to have an early exit.

April 14, 2020, 13:08	Checking time of a simulation	#1
joshmccraney Senior Member Josh McCraney Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 220 Rep Power: 8	Hi all! When running a simulation, say something like this: Code: mpirun -np 16 interFoam -parallel > log.interFoam & the terminal does not display an output. So how can I tell what time the simulation is at (not clocktime, but the simulation time)?

April 14, 2020, 14:04		#2
HPE Senior Member Herpes Free Engineer Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: The Home Under The Ground with the Lost Boys Posts: 932 Rep Power: 12	Hope understood your question correctly. You direct the standard stream (excluding errors?) into the file `log.interFoam` by using `>` operator. If you would like to see the accumulating content of `log.interFoam`, open another terminal at the same location, and do `tail -f log.interFoam`, which will output whatever recorded into the log file to the screen. If you only would like to see the output, but not to save it to a file, just `mpirun -np 16 interFoam -parallel` will output to the screen. joshmccraney likes this. __________________ The OpenFOAM community is the biggest contributor to OpenFOAM: User guide/Wiki-1/Wiki-2/Code guide/Code Wiki/Journal Nilsson/Guerrero/Holzinger/Holzmann/Nagy/Santos/Nozaki/Jasak/Primer Governance Bugs/Features: OpenFOAM (ESI-OpenCFD-Trademark) Bugs/Features: FOAM-Extend (Wikki-FSB) Bugs: OpenFOAM.org How to create a MWE New: Forkable OpenFOAM mirror

April 14, 2020, 16:39		#4
HPE Senior Member Herpes Free Engineer Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: The Home Under The Ground with the Lost Boys Posts: 932 Rep Power: 12	Yes, that would do. You can also change the `endTime` settings in `controlDict` if you would like to have an early exit. joshmccraney likes this. __________________ The OpenFOAM community is the biggest contributor to OpenFOAM: User guide/Wiki-1/Wiki-2/Code guide/Code Wiki/Journal Nilsson/Guerrero/Holzinger/Holzmann/Nagy/Santos/Nozaki/Jasak/Primer Governance Bugs/Features: OpenFOAM (ESI-OpenCFD-Trademark) Bugs/Features: FOAM-Extend (Wikki-FSB) Bugs: OpenFOAM.org How to create a MWE New: Forkable OpenFOAM mirror

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April 14, 2020, 14:10		#3
joshmccraney Senior Member Josh McCraney Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 220 Rep Power: 8	Perfect and thanks! Followup: if I want to kill the process, typically I would type ctrl+c. How would I do it for this?