module: command not found

Problem

A job on the supercomputers fails immediately with the message "module: command not found".

Solution

If your Slurm script requires operations related to modules, a shell in "login mode" is required so that the module command can be located.

The first line (the shebang) should read

#!/bin/bash --login

to prevent the problem (the option "-l" can be used in equivalence to "--login").

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