translation/tools/mosesdecoder/scripts/generic/moses-parallel.pl

#!/usr/bin/env perl
#
# This file is part of moses.  Its use is licensed under the GNU Lesser General
# Public License version 2.1 or, at your option, any later version.

# $Id$
#######################
# Revision history
#
# 02 Aug 2006 added strict requirement
# 01 Aug 2006 fix bug about inputfile parameter
#             fix bug about suffix index generation
# 31 Jul 2006 added parameter for reading queue parameters
# 29 Jul 2006 added code to handling consfusion networks
# 28 Jul 2006 added a better policy for removing jobs from the queue in case of killing signal (CTRL-C)
#             added the parameter -qsub-prefix which sets the prefix for the name of submitted jobs
# 27 Jul 2006 added safesystem() function and other checks to handle with process failure
#             added checks for existence of decoder and configuration file
# 26 Jul 2006 fix a bug related to the use of absolute path for srcfile and nbestfile

use warnings;
use strict;
use FindBin qw($RealBin);

#######################
#Customizable parameters

#parameters for submiiting processes through Sun GridEngine
my $queueparameters="";

#SGE-make-it-work:
# my $queueparameters="-l q1w -l mem_free=0.5G -hard";
# my $queueparameters="-l q1dm -pe pe_mth 2 -hard";
# etc.

# look for the correct pwdcmd
my $pwdcmd = &getPwdCmd();

my $workingdir = `$pwdcmd`; chomp $workingdir;
my $tmpdir="$workingdir/tmp$$";
my $splitpfx="split$$";

$SIG{'INT'} = \&kill_all_and_quit; # catch exception for CTRL-C

#######################
#Default parameters
my $jobscript="$workingdir/job$$";
my $qsubout="$workingdir/out.job$$";
my $qsuberr="$workingdir/err.job$$";

my $mosesparameters="";
my $feed_moses_via_stdin = 0;
      # a workaround, for a reason, the default "-input-file X" blocks
      # my moses, while "< X" works fine.
my $cfgfile=""; #configuration file

my $version=undef;
my $help=0;
my $dbg=0;
my $jobs=4;
my $cache_model=undef;
my $mosescmd="$ENV{MOSESBIN}/moses" if defined $ENV{"MOSESBIN"}; #decoder in use
my $inputlist=undef;
my $inputfile=undef;
my $inputtype=0;
my @nbestlist=();
my $nbestlist=undef;
my $nbestfile=undef;
my $oldnbestfile=undef;
my $oldnbest=undef;
my $nbestflag=0;
my $oovlist=undef;
my $oovfile=undef;
my $oovflag=0;
my @wordgraphlist=();
my $wordgraphlist=undef;
my $wordgraphfile=undef;
my $wordgraphflag=0;
my $robust=5; # resubmit crashed jobs robust-times
my $alifile=undef;
my $detailsfile=undef;
my $logfile="";
my $logflag="";
my $searchgraphlist="";
my $searchgraphfile="";
my $searchgraphflag=0;
my $qsubname="MOSES";
my $old_sge = 0; # assume old Sun Grid Engine (<6.0) where qsub does not
                 # implement -sync and -b

#SGE-make-it-work:
# my $old_sge = "1";

#######################
# Command line options processing
sub init(){
  use Getopt::Long qw(:config pass_through no_ignore_case permute);
  GetOptions('version'=>\$version,
	     'help'=>\$help,
	     'debug'=>\$dbg,
	     'jobs=i'=>\$jobs,
	     'cache-model=s'=>\$cache_model,
	     'decoder=s'=> \$mosescmd,
	     'robust=i' => \$robust,
             'decoder-parameters=s'=> \$mosesparameters,
             'feed-decoder-via-stdin'=> \$feed_moses_via_stdin,
	     'logfile=s'=> \$logfile,
	     'i|inputfile|input-file=s'=> \$inputlist,
             'n-best-list=s'=> \$nbestlist,
             'n-best-file=s'=> \$oldnbestfile,
             'n-best-size=i'=> \$oldnbest,
	     'output-search-graph|osg=s'=> \$searchgraphlist,
             'output-word-graph|owg=s'=> \$wordgraphlist,
             'output-unknowns=s'=> \$oovlist,
             'alignment-output-file=s'=> \$alifile,
             'translation-details|T=s'=> \$detailsfile,
	     'qsub-prefix=s'=> \$qsubname,
	     'queue-parameters=s'=> \$queueparameters,
	     'inputtype=i'=> \$inputtype,
	     'config|f=s'=>\$cfgfile,
	     'old-sge' => \$old_sge,
	    ) or exit(1);

  getNbestParameters();

  getSearchGraphParameters();

  getWordGraphParameters();

  getOOVParameters();

  getLogParameters();

#print_parameters();
#print STDERR "nbestflag:$nbestflag\n";
#print STDERR "searchgraphflag:$searchgraphflag\n";
print STDERR "wordgraphflag:$wordgraphflag\n";
#print STDERR "inputlist:$inputlist\n";

  chomp($inputfile=`basename $inputlist`) if defined($inputlist);

  $mosesparameters.="@ARGV -inputtype $inputtype";
}


#######################
##print version
sub version(){
#    print STDERR "version 1.0 (15-07-2006)\n";
#    print STDERR "version 1.1 (17-07-2006)\n";
#    print STDERR "version 1.2 (18-07-2006)\n";
#    print STDERR "version 1.3 (21-07-2006)\n";
#    print STDERR "version 1.4 (26-07-2006)\n";
#   print STDERR "version 1.5 (27-07-2006)\n";
#    print STDERR "version 1.6 (28-07-2006)\n";
#    print STDERR "version 1.7 (29-07-2006)\n";
#    print STDERR "version 1.8 (31-07-2006)\n";
#    print STDERR "version 1.9 (01-08-2006)\n";
#    print STDERR "version 1.10 (02-08-2006)\n";
#	print STDERR "version 1.11 (10-10-2006)\n";
#	print STDERR "version 1.12 (27-12-2006)\n";
	print STDERR "version 1.13 (29-12-2006)\n";
    exit(1);
}

#usage
sub usage(){
  print STDERR "moses-parallel.pl [parallel-options]  [moses-options]\n";
  print STDERR "Options marked (*) are required.\n";
  print STDERR "Parallel options:\n";
  print STDERR "*  -decoder <file> Moses decoder to use\n";
  print STDERR "*  -i|inputfile|input-file <file>   the input text to translate\n";
  print STDERR "*  -jobs <N> number of required jobs\n";
  print STDERR "   -cache-model <dir> local directory for copying model files\n";
  print STDERR "   -logfile <file> file where storing log files of all jobs\n";
  print STDERR "   -qsub-prefix <string> name for sumbitte jobs\n";
  print STDERR "   -queue-parameters <string> specific requirements for queue\n";
  print STDERR "   -old-sge Assume Sun Grid Engine < 6.0\n";
  print STDERR "   -debug debug\n";
  print STDERR "   -version print version of the script\n";
  print STDERR "   -help this help\n";
  print STDERR "Moses options:\n";
  print STDERR "   -inputtype <0|1|2> 0 for text, 1 for confusion networks, 2 for lattices\n";
  print STDERR "   -output-search-graph (osg) <file>: Output connected hypotheses of search into specified filename\n";
  print STDERR "   -output-word-graph (osg) '<file> <0|1>': Output stack info as word graph. Takes filename, 0=only hypos in stack, 1=stack + nbest hypos\n";
  print STDERR "   IMPORTANT NOTE: use single quote to group parameters of -output-word-graph\n";
  print STDERR "                   This is different from standard moses\n";
  print STDERR "   -n-best-list '<file> <N> [distinct]' where\n";
  print STDERR "                <file>:   file where storing nbest lists\n";
  print STDERR "                <N>:      size of nbest lists\n";
  print STDERR "                distinct: (optional) to activate generation of distinct nbest alternatives\n";
  print STDERR "   IMPORTANT NOTE: use single quote to group parameters of -n-best-list\n";
  print STDERR "                   This is different from standard moses\n";
  print STDERR "   IMPORTANT NOTE: The following two parameters are now OBSOLETE, and they are no more supported\n";
  print STDERR "                   -n-best-file <file> file where storing nbet lists\n";
  print STDERR "                   -n-best-size <N> size of nbest lists\n";
  print STDERR "    NOTE: -n-best-file-n-best-size    are passed to the decoder as \"-n-best-list <file> <N>\"\n";
  print STDERR "*  -config (f) <cfgfile> configuration file\n";
  print STDERR "   -decoder-parameters <string> specific parameters for the decoder\n";
  print STDERR "All other options are passed to Moses\n";
  print STDERR "  (This way to pass parameters is maintained for back compatibility\n";
  print STDERR "   but preferably use -decoder-parameters)\n";
  exit(1);
}

#printparameters
sub print_parameters(){
  print STDERR "Inputfile: $inputlist\n";
  print STDERR "Configuration file: $cfgfile\n";
  print STDERR "Decoder in use: $mosescmd\n";
  print STDERR "Number of jobs:$jobs\n";
  print STDERR "Model cache directory: $cache_model\n" if ($cache_model);
  print STDERR "Nbest list: $nbestlist\n" if ($nbestflag);
  print STDERR "Output Search Graph: $searchgraphlist\n" if ($searchgraphflag);
  print STDERR "Output Word Graph: $wordgraphlist\n" if ($wordgraphflag);
  print STDERR "Output OOV: $oovlist\n" if ($oovflag);
  print STDERR "LogFile:$logfile\n" if ($logflag);
  print STDERR "Qsub name: $qsubname\n";
  print STDERR "Queue parameters: $queueparameters\n";
  print STDERR "Inputtype: text\n" if $inputtype == 0;
  print STDERR "Inputtype: confusion network\n" if $inputtype == 1;
  print STDERR "Inputtype: lattices\n" if $inputtype == 2;

  print STDERR "parameters directly passed to Moses: $mosesparameters -config $cfgfile\n";
}

#get parameters for log file
sub getLogParameters(){
  if ($logfile){ $logflag=1; }
}

#get parameters for nbest computation (possibly from configuration file)
sub getNbestParameters(){
  if (!$nbestlist){
    open (CFG, "$cfgfile");
    while (chomp($_=<CFG>)){
      if (/^\[n-best-list\]/){
	my $tmp;
	while (chomp($tmp=<CFG>)){
	  last if $tmp eq "" || $tmp=~/^\[/;
	  $nbestlist .= "$tmp ";
	}
	last;
      }
    }
    close(CFG);
  }

  if ($nbestlist){
     if ($oldnbestfile){
        print STDERR "There is a conflict between NEW parameter -n-best-list and OBSOLETE parameter -n-best-file\n";
        print STDERR "Please use only -nbest-list '<file> <N> [distinct]\n";
        exit;
     }
  }
  else{
    if ($oldnbestfile){
       print STDERR "You are using the OBSOLETE parameter -n-best-file\n";
       print STDERR "Next time please use only -n-best-list '<file> <N> [distinct]\n";
       $nbestlist="$oldnbestfile";
       if ($oldnbest){ $nbestlist.=" $oldnbest"; }
       else { $nbestlist.=" 1"; }
    }
  }

  if ($nbestlist){
    my @tmp=split(/[ \t]+/,$nbestlist);
    @nbestlist = @tmp;

    if ($nbestlist[0] eq '-'){ $nbestfile="nbest"; }
    else{ chomp($nbestfile=`basename $nbestlist[0]`);     }
    $nbestflag=1;
  }
}

#get parameters for search graph computation (possibly from configuration file)
sub getSearchGraphParameters(){
  if (!$searchgraphlist){
    open (CFG, $cfgfile) or die "Can't read '$cfgfile'";
    while (chomp($_=<CFG>)){
      if (/^\[output-search-graph\]/ || /^\[osg\]/){
	my $tmp;
	while (chomp($tmp=<CFG>)){
	  last if $tmp eq "" || $tmp=~/^\[/;
	  $searchgraphlist = "$tmp";
	}
	last;
      }
    }
    close(CFG);
  }
  if ($searchgraphlist){
    if ($searchgraphlist eq '-'){ $searchgraphfile="searchgraph"; }
    else{ chomp($searchgraphfile=`basename $searchgraphlist`); }
    $searchgraphflag=1;
  }
}

#get parameters for word graph computation (possibly from configuration file)
sub getWordGraphParameters(){
  if (!$wordgraphlist){
    open (CFG, $cfgfile) or die "Can't read '$cfgfile'";
    while (chomp($_=<CFG>)){
      if (/^\[output-word-graph\]/ || /^\[owg\]/){
        my $tmp;
        while (chomp($tmp=<CFG>)){
          last if $tmp eq "" || $tmp=~/^\[/;
          $wordgraphlist .= "$tmp ";
        }
        last;
      }
    }
    close(CFG);
  }
  if ($wordgraphlist){
    my @tmp=split(/[ \t]+/,$wordgraphlist);
    @wordgraphlist = @tmp;

    if ($wordgraphlist[0] eq '-'){ $wordgraphfile="wordgraph"; }
    else{ chomp($wordgraphfile=`basename $wordgraphlist[0]`);     }
    $wordgraphflag=1;
  }
}

sub getOOVParameters {
  # only on command line 
  if ($oovlist) {
    if ($oovlist eq "-") {
      $oovfile = "oov";
    }
    else {
      chomp($oovfile = `basename $oovlist`);
    }
    $oovflag = 1;
  }
}

#######################
#Script starts here

init();

version() if $version;
usage() if $help;


if (!defined $inputlist || !defined $mosescmd || ! defined $cfgfile) {
  print STDERR "Please specify -input-file, -decoder and -config\n";
  usage();
}

#checking if inputfile exists
if (! -e ${inputlist} ){
  print STDERR "Inputfile ($inputlist) does not exists\n";
  usage();
}

#checking if decoder exists
if (! -e $mosescmd) {
  print STDERR "Decoder ($mosescmd) does not exists\n";
  usage();
}

#checking if configfile exists
if (! -e $cfgfile) {
  print STDERR "Configuration file ($cfgfile) does not exists\n";
  usage();
}


print_parameters(); # so that people know
exit(1) if $dbg; # debug mode: just print and do not run


#splitting test file in several parts
#$decimal="-d"; #split does not accept this options (on MAC OS)
my $decimal="";

my $cmd;
my $sentenceN;
my $splitN;

my @idxlist=();

if ($inputtype==0){ #text input
#getting the number of input sentences (one sentence per line)
  chomp($sentenceN=`wc -l ${inputlist} | awk '{print \$1}' `);

#Reducing the number of jobs if less sentences to translate
  if ($jobs>$sentenceN){ $jobs=$sentenceN; }

#Computing the number of sentences for each files
  if ($sentenceN % $jobs == 0){ $splitN=int($sentenceN / $jobs); }
  else{ $splitN=int($sentenceN /$jobs) + 1; }

  if ($dbg){
    print STDERR "There are $sentenceN sentences to translate\n";
    print STDERR "There are at most $splitN sentences per job\n";
  }

  $cmd="split $decimal -a 2 -l $splitN $inputlist ${inputfile}.$splitpfx-";
  safesystem("$cmd") or die;
}
elsif ($inputtype==1){ #confusion network input
  my $tmpfile="/tmp/cnsplit$$";
  $cmd="cat $inputlist | perl -pe 's/\\n/ _CNendline_ /g;' | perl -pe 's/_CNendline_  _CNendline_ /_CNendline_\\n/g;' > $tmpfile";
  safesystem("$cmd") or die;

#getting the number of input CNs
  chomp($sentenceN=`wc -l $tmpfile | awk '{print \$1}' `);

#Reducing the number of jobs if less CNs to translate
  if ($jobs>$sentenceN){ $jobs=$sentenceN; }

#Computing the number of CNs for each files
  if ($sentenceN % $jobs == 0){ $splitN=int($sentenceN / $jobs); }
  else{ $splitN=int($sentenceN /$jobs) + 1; }

  if ($dbg){
    print STDERR "There are $sentenceN confusion networks to translate\n";
    print STDERR "There are at most $splitN sentences per job\n";
  }

  $cmd="split $decimal -a 2 -l $splitN $tmpfile $tmpfile-";
  safesystem("$cmd") or die;

  my @idxlist=();
  chomp(@idxlist=`ls $tmpfile-*`);
  grep(s/.+(\-\S+)$/$1/e,@idxlist);

  foreach my $idx (@idxlist){
    $cmd="perl -pe 's/ _CNendline_ /\\n/g;s/ _CNendline_/\\n/g;'";
    safesystem("cat $tmpfile$idx | $cmd > ${inputfile}.$splitpfx$idx ; \\rm -f $tmpfile$idx;");
  }
}
elsif ($inputtype==2){ #confusion network input
#getting the number of input lattices (one lattice per line)
  chomp($sentenceN=`wc -l ${inputlist} | awk '{print \$1}' `);

#Reducing the number of jobs if less lattices to translate
  if ($jobs>$sentenceN){ $jobs=$sentenceN; }

#Computing the number of sentences for each files
  if ($sentenceN % $jobs == 0){ $splitN=int($sentenceN / $jobs); }
  else{ $splitN=int($sentenceN /$jobs) + 1; }

  if ($dbg){
    print STDERR "There are $sentenceN lattices to translate\n";
    print STDERR "There are at most $splitN lattices per job\n";
  }

  $cmd="split $decimal -a 2 -l $splitN $inputlist ${inputfile}.$splitpfx-";
  safesystem("$cmd") or die;
}
else{ #unknown input type
  die "INPUTTYPE:$inputtype is unknown!\n";
}

chomp(@idxlist=`ls ${inputfile}.$splitpfx-*`);
grep(s/.+(\-\S+)$/$1/e,@idxlist);

safesystem("mkdir -p $tmpdir") or die;

&preparing_script();

#launching process through the queue
my @sgepids =();

my @idx_todo = ();
foreach (@idxlist) { push @idx_todo,$_; }

# loop up to --robust times
while ($robust && scalar @idx_todo) {
 $robust--;

 my $failure=0;
 foreach my $idx (@idx_todo){

  my $batch_and_join = undef;
  if ($old_sge) {
    # old SGE understands -b no as the default and does not understand 'yes'
    $batch_and_join = "-j y";
  } else {
    $batch_and_join = "-b no -j yes";
  }
  $cmd="qsub $queueparameters $batch_and_join -o $qsubout$idx -e $qsuberr$idx -N $qsubname$idx ${jobscript}${idx}.bash > ${jobscript}${idx}.log 2>&1";
  print STDERR "$cmd\n" if $dbg;

  safesystem($cmd) or die;

  my ($res,$id);

  open (IN,"${jobscript}${idx}.log")
    or die "Can't read id of job ${jobscript}${idx}.log";
  chomp($res=<IN>);
  my @arrayStr = split(/\s+/,$res);
  $id=$arrayStr[2];
  die "Failed to guess job id from $jobscript$idx.log, got: $res"
    if $id !~ /^[0-9]+$/;
  close(IN);

  push @sgepids, $id;
 }

 #waiting until all jobs have finished
 my $hj = "-hold_jid " . join(" -hold_jid ", @sgepids);

 if ($old_sge) {
  # we need to implement our own waiting script
  my $syncscript = "${jobscript}.sync_workaround_script.sh";
  safesystem("echo 'date' > $syncscript") or &kill_all_and_quit();

  my $pwd = `$pwdcmd`; chomp $pwd;

  my $checkpointfile = "${jobscript}.sync_workaround_checkpoint";

  # delete previous checkpoint, if left from previous runs
  safesystem("\\rm -f $checkpointfile") or &kill_all_and_quit();

  # start the 'hold' job, i.e. the job that will wait
  $cmd="qsub -cwd $queueparameters $hj -o $checkpointfile -e /dev/null -N $qsubname.W $syncscript 2> $qsubname.W.log";
  safesystem($cmd) or &kill_all_and_quit();

  # and wait for checkpoint file to appear
  my $nr=0;
  while (!-e $checkpointfile) {
    sleep(10);
    $nr++;
    print STDERR "w" if $nr % 3 == 0;
  }
  print STDERR "End of waiting.\n";
  safesystem("\\rm -f $checkpointfile $syncscript") or &kill_all_and_quit();

  my $failure = 1;
  $nr = 0;
  while ($nr < 60 && $failure) {
    $nr ++;
    $failure=&check_exit_status();
    if (!$failure) {
      $failure = &check_translation_old_sge();
    }
    last if !$failure;
    print STDERR "Extra wait ($nr) for possibly unfinished processes.\n";
    sleep 10;
  }
 } else {
  # use the -sync option for qsub
  $cmd="qsub $queueparameters -sync y $hj -j y -o /dev/null -e /dev/null -N $qsubname.W -b y /bin/ls > $qsubname.W.log";
  safesystem($cmd) or &kill_all_and_quit();

  $failure=&check_exit_status();
 }

 &kill_all_and_quit() if $failure && !$robust;

 # check if some translations failed
 my @idx_still_todo = &check_translation();
 if ($robust) {
     # if robust, redo crashed jobs
     if ((scalar @idx_still_todo) == (scalar @idxlist)) {
	 # ... but not if all crashed
	 print STDERR "everything crashed, not trying to resubmit jobs\n";
         $robust = 0;
	 &kill_all_and_quit();
     }
     @idx_todo = @idx_still_todo;
 }
 else {
     if (scalar (@idx_still_todo)) {
	 print STDERR "some jobs crashed: ".join(" ",@idx_still_todo)."\n";
	 &kill_all_and_quit();
     }

 }
}

#concatenating translations and removing temporary files
&concatenate_1best();
&concatenate_logs() if $logflag;
&concatenate_ali() if defined $alifile;
&concatenate_details() if defined $detailsfile;
&concatenate_nbest() if $nbestflag;
safesystem("cat nbest$$ >> /dev/stdout") if $nbestlist[0] eq '-';

&concatenate_searchgraph() if $searchgraphflag;
safesystem("cat searchgraph$$ >> /dev/stdout") if $searchgraphlist eq '-';

&concatenate_wordgraph() if $wordgraphflag;
safesystem("cat wordgraph$$ >> /dev/stdout") if $wordgraphlist[0] eq '-';

&concatenate_oov() if $oovflag;
safesystem("cat oov$$ >> /dev/stdout") if $oovlist eq '-';

&remove_temporary_files();


#script creation
sub preparing_script(){
  my $currStartTranslationId = 0;

  my $possibly_modified_cfgfile = $cfgfile;
  my $cache_model_cmd = "";
  if ($cache_model) { 
    $cache_model_cmd = "MOSES_INI=`$RealBin/../ems/support/cache-model.perl $cfgfile $cache_model`\n";
    $possibly_modified_cfgfile = "\$MOSES_INI";
  }

  foreach my $idx (@idxlist){
    my $scriptheader="";
    $scriptheader.="\#\! /bin/bash\n\n";
      # !!! this is useless. qsub ignores the first line of the script.
      # Pass '-S /bin/bash' to qsub instead.

#SGE-make-it-work:
#    $scriptheader.="## Sun's Grid Engine parameters\n";
#    $scriptheader.="# ... (see 'man qsub' for complete documentation)\n";
#    $scriptheader.="# ... job name\n";
#    $scriptheader.="#\$ -N mert-$qsubname\n";
#    $scriptheader.="# ... make sure to use proper shell\n";
#    $scriptheader.="#\$ -S /bin/bash\n";
#    $scriptheader.="# ... e-mail address to send notifications\n";
#    $scriptheader.="#\$ -M ww.xx\@yy.zz\n\n";

    $scriptheader.="uname -a\n\n";
    $scriptheader.="ulimit -c 0\n\n"; # avoid coredumps
    $scriptheader.="cd $workingdir\n\n";



    open (OUT, "> ${jobscript}${idx}.bash");
    print OUT $scriptheader;

    # copy model files into local directory
    print OUT $cache_model_cmd;

    my $inputmethod = $feed_moses_via_stdin ? "<" : "-input-file";

    my $tmpnbestlist="";
    if ($nbestflag){
      $tmpnbestlist="$tmpdir/$nbestfile.$splitpfx$idx $nbestlist[1]";
      $tmpnbestlist = "$tmpnbestlist $nbestlist[2]" if scalar(@nbestlist)==3;
      $tmpnbestlist = "-n-best-list $tmpnbestlist";
    }

    my $tmpalioutfile = "";
    if (defined $alifile){
      $tmpalioutfile="-alignment-output-file $tmpdir/$alifile.$splitpfx$idx";
    }

    my $tmpdetailsoutfile = "";
    if (defined $detailsfile){
      $tmpdetailsoutfile="-translation-details $tmpdir/$detailsfile.$splitpfx$idx";
    }

    my $tmpsearchgraphlist="";
    if ($searchgraphflag){
      $tmpsearchgraphlist="-output-search-graph $tmpdir/$searchgraphfile.$splitpfx$idx";
    }

    my $tmpwordgraphlist="";
    if ($wordgraphflag){
      $tmpwordgraphlist="-output-word-graph $tmpdir/$wordgraphfile.$splitpfx$idx $wordgraphlist[1]";
    }

    my $tmpoovlist="";
    if ($oovflag){
      $tmpoovlist="-output-unknowns $tmpdir/$oovfile.$splitpfx$idx";
    }

	my $tmpStartTranslationId = ""; # "-start-translation-id $currStartTranslationId";

    print OUT "$mosescmd $mosesparameters -config $possibly_modified_cfgfile $tmpStartTranslationId $tmpalioutfile $tmpdetailsoutfile $tmpwordgraphlist $tmpsearchgraphlist $tmpoovlist $tmpnbestlist $inputmethod ${inputfile}.$splitpfx$idx > $tmpdir/${inputfile}.$splitpfx$idx.trans\n\n";
    print OUT "echo exit status \$\?\n\n";

    if (defined $alifile){
      print OUT "\\mv -f $tmpdir/${alifile}.$splitpfx$idx .\n\n";
      print OUT "echo exit status \$\?\n\n";
    }
    if (defined $detailsfile){
      print OUT "\\mv -f $tmpdir/${detailsfile}.$splitpfx$idx .\n\n";
      print OUT "echo exit status \$\?\n\n";
    }
    if ($nbestflag){
      print OUT "\\mv -f $tmpdir/${nbestfile}.$splitpfx$idx .\n\n";
      print OUT "echo exit status \$\?\n\n";
    }
    if ($searchgraphflag){
      print OUT "\\mv -f $tmpdir/${searchgraphfile}.$splitpfx$idx .\n\n";
      print OUT "echo exit status \$\?\n\n";
    }
    if ($wordgraphflag){
      print OUT "\\mv -f $tmpdir/${wordgraphfile}.$splitpfx$idx .\n\n";
      print OUT "echo exit status \$\?\n\n";
    }
    if ($oovflag){
      print OUT "\\mv -f $tmpdir/${oovfile}.$splitpfx$idx .\n\n";
      print OUT "echo exit status \$\?\n\n";
    }

    print OUT "\\mv -f $tmpdir/${inputfile}.$splitpfx$idx.trans .\n\n";
    print OUT "echo exit status \$\?\n\n";
    close(OUT);

    #setting permissions of each script
    chmod(oct(755),"${jobscript}${idx}.bash");

    $currStartTranslationId += $splitN;
  }
}

sub concatenate_wordgraph(){
  my $oldcode="";
  my $newcode=-1;
  my %inplength = ();
  my $offset = 0;

  my $outwordgraph=$wordgraphlist[0];
  if ($wordgraphlist[0] eq '-'){ $outwordgraph="wordgraph$$"; }

  open (OUT, "> $outwordgraph");
  foreach my $idx (@idxlist){

#computing the length of each input file
    my @in=();
    open (IN, "${inputfile}.${splitpfx}${idx}.trans");
    @in=<IN>;
    close(IN);
    $inplength{$idx} = scalar(@in);

    open (IN, "${wordgraphfile}.${splitpfx}${idx}");
    while (<IN>){

      my $code="";
      if (/^UTTERANCE=/){
        ($code)=($_=~/^UTTERANCE=(\d+)/);

	print STDERR "code:$code offset:$offset\n";
        $code += $offset;
        if ($code ne $oldcode){

# if there is a jump between two consecutive codes
# it means that an input sentence is not translated
# fill this hole with a "fictitious" list of wordgraphs
# comprising just one "_EMPTYSEARCHGRAPH_
          while ($code - $oldcode > 1){
             $oldcode++;
             print OUT "UTTERANCE=$oldcode\n";
	print STDERR " to OUT -> code:$oldcode\n";
             print OUT "_EMPTYWORDGRAPH_\n";
          }
        }

        $oldcode=$code;
        print OUT "UTTERANCE=$oldcode\n";
        next;
      }
      print OUT "$_";
    }
    close(IN);
    $offset += $inplength{$idx};

    while ($offset - $oldcode > 1){
      $oldcode++;
      print OUT "UTTERANCE=$oldcode\n";
      print OUT "_EMPTYWORDGRAPH_\n";
    }
  }
  close(OUT);
}


sub concatenate_searchgraph(){
  my $oldcode="";
  my $newcode=-1;
  my %inplength = ();
  my $offset = 0;

  my $outsearchgraph=$searchgraphlist;
  if ($searchgraphlist eq '-'){ $outsearchgraph="searchgraph$$"; }

  open (OUT, "> $outsearchgraph");
  foreach my $idx (@idxlist){

#computing the length of each input file
    my @in=();
    open (IN, "${inputfile}.${splitpfx}${idx}.trans");
    @in=<IN>;
    close(IN);
    $inplength{$idx} = scalar(@in);

    open (IN, "${searchgraphfile}.${splitpfx}${idx}");
    while (<IN>){
      my ($code,@extra)=split(/[ \t]+/,$_);
      $code += $offset;
      if ($code ne $oldcode){

# if there is a jump between two consecutive codes
# it means that an input sentence is not translated
# fill this hole with a "fictitious" list of searchgraphs
# comprising just one "_EMPTYSEARCHGRAPH_
        while ($code - $oldcode > 1){
           $oldcode++;
           print OUT "$oldcode _EMPTYSEARCHGRAPH_\n";
        }
      }
      $oldcode=$code;
      print OUT join(" ",($oldcode,@extra));
    }
    close(IN);
    $offset += $inplength{$idx};

    while ($offset - $oldcode > 1){
      $oldcode++;
      print OUT "$oldcode _EMPTYSEARCHGRAPH_\n";
    }
  }
  close(OUT);
}

sub concatenate_nbest(){
  my $oldcode="";
  my $newcode=-1;
  my %inplength = ();
  my $offset = 0;

# get the list of feature and set a fictitious string with zero scores
  open (IN, "${nbestfile}.${splitpfx}$idxlist[0]");
  my $str = <IN>;
  chomp($str);
  close(IN);
  my ($code,$trans,$featurescores,$globalscore)=split(/\|\|\|/,$str);

  my $emptytrans = "  ";
  my $emptyglobalscore = " 0.0";
  my $emptyfeaturescores = $featurescores;
  $emptyfeaturescores =~ s/[-0-9\.]+/0/g;

  my $outnbest=$nbestlist[0];
  if ($nbestlist[0] eq '-'){ $outnbest="nbest$$"; }

  open (OUT, "> $outnbest");
  foreach my $idx (@idxlist){

#computing the length of each input file
    my @in=();
    open (IN, "${inputfile}.${splitpfx}${idx}.trans")
      or die "Failed to open '${inputfile}.${splitpfx}${idx}.trans'";
    @in=<IN>;
    close(IN);
    $inplength{$idx} = scalar(@in);

    open (IN, "${nbestfile}.${splitpfx}${idx}")
      or die "Failed to open '${nbestfile}.${splitpfx}${idx}'";
    while (<IN>){
      my ($code,@extra)=split(/\|\|\|/,$_);
      $code += $offset;
      if ($code ne $oldcode){

# if there is a jump between two consecutive codes
# it means that an input sentence is not translated
# fill this hole with a "fictitious" list of translation
# comprising just one "emtpy translation" with zero scores
        while ($code - $oldcode > 1){
           $oldcode++;
           print OUT join("\|\|\|",($oldcode,$emptytrans,$emptyfeaturescores,$emptyglobalscore)),"\n";
        }
      }
      $oldcode=$code;
      print OUT join("\|\|\|",($oldcode,@extra));
    }
    close(IN);
    $offset += $inplength{$idx};

    while ($offset - $oldcode > 1){
      $oldcode++;
      print OUT join("\|\|\|",($oldcode,$emptytrans,$emptyfeaturescores,$emptyglobalscore)),"\n";
    }
  }
  close(OUT);
}

sub concatenate_1best(){
  foreach my $idx (@idxlist){
    my @in=();
    open (IN, "${inputfile}.${splitpfx}${idx}.trans");
    @in=<IN>;
    print STDOUT "@in";
    close(IN);
  }
}

sub concatenate_oov(){
  my $outoov=$oovlist;
  if ($oovlist eq '-'){ $outoov="oov$$"; }
  open (OUT, "> $outoov");
  foreach my $idx (@idxlist){
    my @in=();
    open (IN, "${oovfile}.${splitpfx}${idx}");
    @in=<IN>;
    print OUT "@in";
    close(IN);
  }
  close(OUT);
}

sub concatenate_logs(){
  open (OUT, "> ${logfile}");
  foreach my $idx (@idxlist){
    my @in=();
    open (IN, "$qsubout$idx");
    @in=<IN>;
    print OUT "@in";
    close(IN);
  }
  close(OUT);
}

sub concatenate_ali(){
  open (OUT, "> ${alifile}");
  foreach my $idx (@idxlist){
    my @in=();
    open (IN, "$alifile.$splitpfx$idx");
    @in=<IN>;
    print OUT "@in";
    close(IN);
  }
  close(OUT);
}

sub concatenate_details(){
  open (OUT, "> ${detailsfile}");
  foreach my $idx (@idxlist){
    my @in=();
    open (IN, "$detailsfile.$splitpfx$idx");
    @in=<IN>;
    print OUT "@in";
    close(IN);
  }
  close(OUT);
}


sub check_exit_status(){
  print STDERR "check_exit_status\n";
  my $failure=0;
  foreach my $idx (@idxlist){
    print STDERR "check_exit_status of job $idx\n";
    open(IN,"$qsubout$idx");
    while (<IN>){
      $failure=1 if (/exit status 1/);
    }
    close(IN);
  }
  return $failure;
}

sub kill_all_and_quit(){
  print STDERR "Got interrupt or something failed.\n";
  print STDERR "kill_all_and_quit\n";
  foreach my $id (@sgepids){
    print STDERR "qdel $id\n";
    safesystem("qdel $id");
  }

  print STDERR "Translation was not performed correctly\n";
  print STDERR "or some of the submitted jobs died.\n";
  print STDERR "qdel function was called for all submitted jobs\n";

  exit(1);
}


sub check_translation(){
  #checking if all sentences were translated
  my $inputN;
  my $outputN;
  my @failed = ();
  foreach my $idx (@idx_todo){
    if ($inputtype==0){#text input
      chomp($inputN=`wc -l ${inputfile}.$splitpfx$idx | cut -d' ' -f1`);
    }
    elsif ($inputtype==1){#confusion network input
      chomp($inputN=`cat ${inputfile}.$splitpfx$idx | perl -pe 's/\\n/ _CNendline_ /g;' | perl -pe 's/_CNendline_  _CNendline_ /_CNendline_\\n/g;' | wc -l | cut -d' ' -f1 `);
    }
    elsif ($inputtype==2){#lattice input
      chomp($inputN=`wc -l ${inputfile}.$splitpfx$idx | cut -d' ' -f1`);
    }
    else{#unknown input
      die "INPUTTYPE:$inputtype is unknown!\n";
    }
    chomp($outputN=`wc -l ${inputfile}.$splitpfx$idx.trans | cut -d' ' -f1`);

    if ($inputN != $outputN){
      print STDERR "Split ($idx) were not entirely translated\n";
      print STDERR "outputN=$outputN inputN=$inputN\n";
      print STDERR "outputfile=${inputfile}.$splitpfx$idx.trans inputfile=${inputfile}.$splitpfx$idx\n";
      push @failed,$idx;
    }
  }
  return @failed;
}

sub check_translation_old_sge(){
  #checking if all sentences were translated
  my $inputN;
  my $outputN;
  foreach my $idx (@idx_todo){
    if ($inputtype==0){#text input
      chomp($inputN=`wc -l ${inputfile}.$splitpfx$idx | cut -d' ' -f1`);
    }
    elsif ($inputtype==1){#confusion network input
      chomp($inputN=`cat ${inputfile}.$splitpfx$idx | perl -pe 's/\\n/ _CNendline_ /g;' | perl -pe 's/_CNendline_  _CNendline_ /_CNendline_\\n/g;' | wc -l |
 cut -d' ' -f1 `);
    }
    elsif ($inputtype==2){#lattice input
      chomp($inputN=`wc -l ${inputfile}.$splitpfx$idx | cut -d' ' -f1`);
    }
    else{#unknown input
      die "INPUTTYPE:$inputtype is unknown!\n";
    }
    chomp($outputN=`wc -l ${inputfile}.$splitpfx$idx.trans | cut -d' ' -f1`);

    if ($inputN != $outputN){
      print STDERR "Split ($idx) were not entirely translated\n";
      print STDERR "outputN=$outputN inputN=$inputN\n";
      print STDERR "outputfile=${inputfile}.$splitpfx$idx.trans inputfile=${inputfile}.$splitpfx$idx\n";
      return 1;
    }

  }
  return 0;
}

sub remove_temporary_files(){
  #removing temporary files
  foreach my $idx (@idxlist){
    unlink("${inputfile}.${splitpfx}${idx}.trans");
    unlink("${inputfile}.${splitpfx}${idx}");
    if (defined $alifile){ unlink("${alifile}.${splitpfx}${idx}"); }
    if (defined $detailsfile){ unlink("${detailsfile}.${splitpfx}${idx}"); }
    if ($nbestflag){ unlink("${nbestfile}.${splitpfx}${idx}"); }
    if ($searchgraphflag){ unlink("${searchgraphfile}.${splitpfx}${idx}"); }
    if ($wordgraphflag){ unlink("${wordgraphfile}.${splitpfx}${idx}"); }
    if ($oovfile){ unlink("${oovfile}.${splitpfx}${idx}"); }
    unlink("${jobscript}${idx}.bash");
    unlink("${jobscript}${idx}.log");
    unlink("$qsubname.W.log");
    unlink("$qsubout$idx");
    unlink("$qsuberr$idx");
    rmdir("$tmpdir");
  }
  if ($nbestflag && $nbestlist[0] eq '-'){ unlink("${nbestfile}$$"); };
  if ($searchgraphflag  && $searchgraphlist eq '-'){ unlink("${searchgraphfile}$$"); };
  if ($wordgraphflag  && $wordgraphlist eq '-'){ unlink("${wordgraphfile}$$"); };
  if ($oovflag && $oovlist eq '-'){ unlink("oov$$"); };
}

sub safesystem {
  print STDERR "Executing: @_\n";
  system(@_);
  if ($? == -1) {
    print STDERR "Failed to execute: @_\n  $!\n";
    exit(1);
  }
  elsif ($? & 127) {
    printf STDERR "Execution of: @_\n  died with signal %d, %s coredump\n",
      ($? & 127),  ($? & 128) ? 'with' : 'without';
    exit 1;
  }
  else {
    my $exitcode = $? >> 8;
    print STDERR "Exit code: $exitcode\n" if $exitcode;
    return ! $exitcode;
  }
}


# look for the correct pwdcmd (pwd by default, pawd if it exists)
# I assume that pwd always exists
sub getPwdCmd(){
	my $pwdcmd="pwd";
	my $a;
	chomp($a=`which pawd 2> /dev/null | head -1 | awk '{print \$1}'`);
	if ($a && -e $a){	$pwdcmd=$a;	}
	return $pwdcmd;
}