The script below is an example script that will run Syam's fMRI QA program, which performs a variety of metrics to assess data quality (SNR, SFNR, center of mass, standard deviations, etc). Naturally, this syntax is courtesy of Syam.

Example usage:

[user@head ~]$ qsub -v EXPERIMENT=MyExperiment.01 my_qsub_qa_script SUBJNUM

Copy and edit code below:

runQA.sh

#!/bin/sh
 
# This is a BIAC template script for jobs on the cluster
# You have to provide the Experiment on command line  
# when you submit the job the cluster.
#
# >  qsub -v EXPERIMENT=Dummy.01 script.sh args
#
# There are 2 USER sections 
#  1. USER DIRECTIVE: If you want mail notifications when
#     your job is completed or fails you need to set the 
#     correct email address.
#		   
#  2. USER SCRIPT: Add the user script in this section.
#     Within this section you can access your experiment 
#     folder using $EXPERIMENT. All paths are relative to this variable
#     eg: $EXPERIMENT/Data $EXPERIMENT/Analysis	
#     By default all terminal output is routed to the " Analysis "
#     folder under the Experiment directory i.e. $EXPERIMENT/Analysis
#     To change this path, set the OUTDIR variable in this section
#     to another location under your experiment folder
#     eg: OUTDIR=$EXPERIMENT/Analysis/GridOut 	
#     By default on successful completion the job will return 0
#     If you need to set another return code, set the RETURNCODE
#     variable in this section. To avoid conflict with system return 
#     codes, set a RETURNCODE higher than 100.
#     eg: RETURNCODE=110
#     Arguments to the USER SCRIPT are accessible in the usual fashion
#     eg:  $1 $2 $3
# The remaining sections are setup related and don't require
# modifications for most scripts. They are critical for access
# to your data  	 
 
# --- BEGIN GLOBAL DIRECTIVE -- 
#$ -S /bin/sh
#$ -o $HOME/$JOB_NAME.$JOB_ID.out
#$ -e $HOME/$JOB_NAME.$JOB_ID.out
#$ -m ea
# -- END GLOBAL DIRECTIVE -- 
 
# -- BEGIN PRE-USER --
#Name of experiment whose data you want to access 
EXPERIMENT=${EXPERIMENT:?"Experiment not provided"}
 
EXPERIMENT=`findexp $EXPERIMENT`
EXPERIMENT=${EXPERIMENT:?"Returned NULL Experiment"}
 
if [ $EXPERIMENT = "ERROR" ]
then
	exit 32
else 
#Timestamp
echo "----JOB [$JOB_NAME.$JOB_ID] START [`date`] on HOST [$HOSTNAME]----" 
# -- END PRE-USER --
# **********************************************************
 
# -- BEGIN USER DIRECTIVE --
# Send notifications to the following address
#$ -M user@somewhere.edu
 
# -- END USER DIRECTIVE --
 
# -- BEGIN USER SCRIPT --
# User script goes here
 
# For fmriqa_generate.pl to run you need to either navigate to your subject's directory or 
# list the file location in the command line below 
# Note that this example lists all required variables in the text below (other than the standard 
# EXPERIMENT=MyExperiment.01), but these could easily be incorporated as arguments
#
# Example:
# qsub -v EXPERIMENT=MyExperiment.01 my_qsub_qa_script
#
# MyExperiment.01 is your experiment (e.g., TestSuite.01) 
# my_qsub_qa_script is your script's full name.
 
#Perform QA
        SUBJECT=$1
       #SUBJECT="20080505_12345"
	MAINFUNCDIR=${EXPERIMENT}/Data/Func
 
	cd ${MAINFUNCDIR}/${SUBJECT}
 
	fmriqa_generate.pl run*/run*.bxh QA
 
# run*/run*.bxh is the input (this looks for all folders beginning with run, and all the files that match run*.bxh # within those folders)
# QA is the output directory (this will create a QA folder in ${EXPERIMENT}/Data/Func)
 
# -- END USER SCRIPT -- #
 
# **********************************************************
# -- BEGIN POST-USER -- 
echo "----JOB [$JOB_NAME.$JOB_ID] STOP [`date`]----" 
OUTDIR=${OUTDIR:-$EXPERIMENT/Analysis}
mv $HOME/$JOB_NAME.$JOB_ID.out $OUTDIR/$JOB_NAME.$JOB_ID.out	 
RETURNCODE=${RETURNCODE:-0}
exit $RETURNCODE
fi
# -- END POST USER--