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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import sys
+import os
+import subprocess
+import argparse
+import time
+import signal
+
+class term_fmt:
+    cyan = '\033[96m'
+    green = '\033[92m'
+    yellow = '\033[93m'
+    bold = '\033[1m'
+    reset = '\033[0m'
+
+def get_from_command(command):
+    ret = subprocess.check_output(command).decode(sys.stdout.encoding)
+    return ret
+
+def exit_handler(signum, frame):
+    os.system('clear')
+    quit()
+
+
+# set up argument parser
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument('-n', help='update output every nth second [2]', default=2, type=int)
+
+# get time interval from command line
+args = parser.parse_args()
+interval = args.n
+
+# get user name to higlight in output
+user_name = os.getlogin()
+
+# connect SIGINT signal to simple handler
+signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, exit_handler)
+
+while True:
+    os.system('clear')
+    print("Update interval: " + str(interval) + "s" + "\n")
+    queue = get_from_command(['squeue'])
+    output = ""
+    for line in queue.splitlines():
+        if user_name in line:
+            if " R " in line:
+                color = term_fmt.green + term_fmt.bold
+            elif " CF " in line:
+                color = term_fmt.yellow + term_fmt.bold
+            else:
+                color = term_fmt.cyan
+            line = color + line + term_fmt.reset
+        output += line + "\n"
+    print(output)
+    time.sleep(interval)