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# Checking the status of your jobs

So you've launched a job, yay! There are two main ways that you can now check on the status of your jobs.

### qstat

Running `qstat` from your terminal will give you a table with statistics about all of the jobs currently running on the sub-cluster you are logged into. The output of this command will look like:

![](https://606342668-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8KH9ChLTJObPN3HKjh98%2Fuploads%2F2JfVdey7ri7lnR9eOxuf%2Fqstat.png?alt=media\&token=46399708-3576-4dbd-9c1b-5edcb46cf216)

A much more helpful command however is `qstat -u [USERNAME]`. 

![](https://606342668-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8KH9ChLTJObPN3HKjh98%2Fuploads%2FHbIPUJjWtrm5TJkDkJ9D%2Fqstatu.png?alt=media\&token=fdb11b9f-00c7-4e6c-815c-b48556d04b91)

What does this table tell us?

> **Job ID:** The unique ID given to our job
>
> **Username:** The user who launched the job
>
> **NDS:** Number of nodes reserved
>
> **TSK:** Number of total processors reserved
>
> **Req'd Time:** Amount of walltime requested
>
> **Elap Time:** How long the job has been running for. If the job is in the queue and waiting to be launched, this line will look like `-----------` 

### qsu

`qsu` is a shortcut for `qstat -u [USERNAME]`. Running it will give you the exact same printout.

![](https://606342668-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F8KH9ChLTJObPN3HKjh98%2Fuploads%2FI8fuFageviWUeAC52n2J%2Fqsu.png?alt=media\&token=4ab2472c-f389-479a-8fdc-f5ebe57ec355)