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nextflow run

Execute a pipeline.

Usage

$ nextflow run [options] [project]

Description

The run command runs a local pipeline script or a remote pipeline project.

Options

-E

Export all current system environment variables.

-ansi-log

Enable or disable ANSI console logging.

-bucket-dir

Remote bucket where intermediate result files are stored. When running a hybrid workflow, -bucket-dir and -work-dir should define separate work directories for remote tasks and local tasks, respectively.

-cache

Enable or disable process caching.

-d, -deep
Deprecated in version 26.04

Ignored for new multi-revision asset management strategy. Still used in legacy assets.

Create a shallow clone of the specified depth.

-disable-jobs-cancellation

Do not cancel child jobs when the run terminates.

-dump-channels

Dump channels for debugging. Optionally accepts a comma-separated list of channel tags to select which channels are printed.

-dump-hashes

Dump task hash keys for debugging purposes.

Added in version 23.10

You can use -dump-hashes json to dump the task hash keys as JSON for easier post-processing. See the caching and resuming tips for more details.

-e.<key>=<value>

Add the specified variable to the execution environment.

-entry
Deprecated in version 24.10

Use params in the entry workflow to call different workflows from the command line.

Entry workflow to run.

-h, -help

Print the command usage.

-hub (github)

Service hub where the project is hosted. Options: gitlab or bitbucket.

-latest

Pull the latest changes before the run.

-lib

Library extension path.

-main-script (main.nf)

The script file to execute when launching a project directory or repository. Should be a path relative to the project root. For example, -main-script subproject/main.nf.

The project nextflow.config is always read from the project root regardless of the main script location.

-name

Assign a mnemonic name to the pipeline run.

-offline

Do not check for remote project updates.

-o, -output-dir (results)
Added in version 24.10

Directory where workflow outputs are stored.

-output-format
Added in version 26.04

Output format for printing workflow outputs. Options: text (default), json, none.

-params-file

Load script parameters from a JSON/YAML file.

-plugins

Comma-separated list of plugin ids to apply to the pipeline run.

-preview

Run the workflow script without running any processes.

-profile

Choose a configuration profile.

-qs, -queue-size

Maximum number of processes each executor can run in parallel.

-resume

Run the script using cached results. Use this to continue a run that stopped because of an error.

-r, -revision

Project revision to run. Can be a git branch, tag, or commit SHA number.

When passing a git tag or branch, the workflow.revision and workflow.commitId fields are populated. When passing only the commit hash, workflow.revision is not defined.

-stub-run, -stub

Run the workflow, replacing process scripts with command stubs.

-test

Test the script function with the specified name.

-user

Private repository user name.

-with-apptainer

Enable process execution in an Apptainer container.

-with-charliecloud

Enable process execution in a Charliecloud container.

-with-cloudcache

Store cache metadata in an object storage bucket with the Cloud cache plugin.

-with-conda

Use the specified Conda environment package or file, which must end with .yml or .yaml.

-with-dag (dag-<timestamp>.html)

Create pipeline DAG file.

Changed in version 23.10

The default format was changed from dot to html.

-with-docker

Enable process execution in a Docker container.

-N, -with-notification

Send a notification email on workflow completion to the specified recipients.

-with-podman

Enable process execution in a Podman container.

-with-report (report-<timestamp>.html)

Create workflow execution HTML report.

-with-singularity

Enable process execution in a Singularity container.

-with-spack

Use the specified Spack environment package or file, which must end with .yaml.

-with-timeline (timeline-<timestamp>.html)

Create workflow execution timeline.

-with-tower (https://api.cloud.seqera.io)

Monitor workflow execution with Seqera Platform (formerly Tower Cloud).

-with-trace (trace-<timestamp>.txt)

Create workflow execution trace file.

-with-wave (https://wave.seqera.io)

Use Wave containers.

-with-weblog (http://localhost)

Send workflow status messages to the target URL over HTTP.

-w, -work-dir (work)

Directory where intermediate result files are stored.

Examples

Run a specific revision of a remote pipeline:

$ nextflow run nextflow-io/hello -r v1.1

N E X T F L O W ~ version 20.07.1
Launching `nextflow-io/hello` [grave_cajal] - revision: 1c3e9e7404 [v1.1]

Choose a profile for running the project. This example assumes a profile named docker is defined in the config file:

$ nextflow run main.nf -profile docker

Run a pipeline and generate the summary HTML report. See Reports for more information about the metrics:

$ nextflow run main.nf -with-report

Run a pipeline with a custom queue size. By default, the queue size is the number of available CPUs:

$ nextflow run nextflow-io/hello -qs 4

Run the pipeline with a specific workflow as the entry point:

$ nextflow run main.nf -entry workflow_A

Run a pipeline with monitoring in Seqera Platform:

$ nextflow run nextflow-io/hello -with-tower

Run a pipeline with a custom parameters file in YAML or JSON:

$ nextflow run main.nf -params-file pipeline_params.yml

See Pipeline parameters for more information about writing custom parameters files.