.. _fwflag_batch_size:
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--batch_size
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Switch
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--batch_size N

Description
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Batch size to use when generating embeddings with :doc:`fwflag_add_bert`/:doc:`fwflag_add_emb`.

Argument and Default Value
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An integer. Default: ``32`` (``dlac.GPU_BATCH_SIZE``).

Details
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Verified end-to-end: ran successfully at ``--batch_size 8`` producing real embedding features for a small corpus.

Other Switches
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Required Switches:

* :doc:`fwflag_add_bert` or :doc:`fwflag_add_emb`

Example Commands
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.. code-block:: bash

	dlatkInterface.py -d dla_tutorial -t msgs -c user_id --add_bert --batch_size 16