Setting Up a Simulation Using the Command-Line Interface

It is recommended that you run a simulation using the menus and forms available in the GUI. However, you can also run an interactive or batch mode simulation using SE commands in the CIW or in the shell environment using the si binary.

To set up SE to run a simulation from the command-line interface:

1. In a terminal window, enter the following command to change to the directory that contains the simulation run directory.
   

   cd <parent_directory_name>

2. Enter the following command to create the run directory.
   

   mkdir directoryname 

   Here directoryname is the name of the simulation run directory. For example, if your simulation run directory is spice.run1, enter the following command:

   mkdir spice.run1

3. Enter the following command to change to the newly created directory.
   

   cd spice.run1

4. Create the simulation environment file si.env using a text editor.
5. Save the si.env file.

SE is set to run simulations from the command-line interface.

Related Topics

Running an Interactive Simulation

Types of Simulations in Command-Line Mode

Files Needed for Simulation in the Command-Line Interface

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