IDL
Description
IDL stands for Interactive Data Language. It is a scientific programming language used across disciplines to extract meaningful visualizations from complex numerical data.. It is popular in particular areas of science, such as astronomy, atmospheric physics and medical imaging.
Access
The IDL package is restricted by license. Individuals or groups have purchased licenses for these packages and manage the list of users that may access them.
Interactive Run
module load IDL/8.8
idl
Sample job file on Terra
#!/bin/bash
#SBATCH --export=NONE
#SBATCH --get-user-env=L
#SBATCH --job-name=test
#SBATCH --time=01:30:00
#SBATCH --ntasks=1
#SBATCH --mem=2560M
#SBATCH --output=stdout.%j
module load IDL/8.8
idl<<!heredoc # use here doc to pass interactive commands
.r test_idl.pro
TEST_RPOC
!heredoc