bacct

Overview

bacct is used to display accounting statistics for completed jobs.

Options

Option	Description	Key Differences
`-h`	Print command usage and exit	Provides more detailed help information
`-V`	Print version	No difference
`-l`	Display detailed job information in long format	No difference
`-b`	Display job information in brief format	No difference
`-d`	Display only successfully completed (DONE) jobs	No difference
`-e`	Display only exited (EXIT) jobs	No difference
`-u`	Display jobs for a specified user or all users	No difference
`-q`	Display jobs submitted to a specified queue	No difference
`-m`	Display jobs executed on a specified host	No difference
`-P`	Display jobs belonging to a specified project	project maps to wckey
`-C`	Display jobs completed within a specified time interval	No difference
`-S`	Display jobs submitted within a specified time interval	No difference
`-D`	Display jobs dispatched within a specified time interval	No difference

Output Format

SUMMARY format (default)

Displays aggregated job statistics, including:

Field	Description
`Total number of done jobs`	Total number of successfully completed jobs
`Total number of exited jobs`	Total number of failed/exited jobs
`Total CPU time consumed`	Total CPU time consumed by all jobs
`Average CPU time consumed`	Average CPU time
`Maximum/Minimum CPU time of a job`	Max/min CPU time for a single job
`Total wait time in queues`	Total wait time in queues
`Average/Maximum/Minimum wait time in queue`	Average/max/min wait time
`Average/Maximum/Minimum turnaround time`	Average/max/min turnaround time (submission to completion)
`Average/Maximum/Minimum hog factor`	Average/max/min CPU utilization (CPU time/turnaround time)
`Average/Maximum/Minimum expansion factor`	Average/max/min expansion factor (turnaround time/run time)
`Total/Average/Maximum/Minimum Run time`	Total/average/max/min run time
`Total throughput`	Total throughput (jobs/hour)
`Beginning/Ending time`	Start/end time of the time range

BRIEF format (`-b` option)

Brief output includes the following fields:

Field	Description	Key Differences
`U/UID`	Username	No difference
`QUEUE`	Queue name	No difference
`SUBMIT_TIME`	Submission time	No difference
`CPU_T`	CPU time	No difference
`WAIT`	Wait time	No difference
`TURNAROUND`	Turnaround time	No difference
`FROM`	Submission host	Always shown as N/A
`EXEC_ON`	Execution host	No difference
`JOB_NAME`	Job name	No difference

LONG format (`-l` option)

Long format outputs full details for each job, including job ID, user, queue, submission time, start time, completion time, CPU time, wait time, turnaround time, execution host, job name, exit status, and more.

Examples

Show statistics for all completed jobs (default SUMMARY format)
```
bacct
```
Show job statistics for a specific user
```
bacct -u username
```
Show all jobs in brief format
```
bacct -b
```
Show detailed job information in long format
```
bacct -l
```
Show only successfully completed jobs
```
bacct -d
```
Show only failed/exited jobs
```
bacct -e
```
Show job statistics for a specific queue
```
bacct -q queuename
```
Show jobs executed on a specific host
```
bacct -m hostname
```
Show jobs for a specific project
```
bacct -P project_name
```

Query jobs by time range

# Query jobs completed between December 1, 2025 and January 31, 2026
bacct -C 2025/12/1,2026/1/31

# Query jobs completed on May 6
bacct -C 5/6

# Query jobs submitted in the last 3 days
bacct -S .-3,

Time Format

Format	Meaning	Example
`MM/DD`	Month/day	`5/1` means all day on May 1
`MM/DD,MM/DD`	Time range	`5/1,5/8` means May 1 to May 8
`YYYY/MM/DD`	Full date	`2024/12/1`
`.-N,`	Relative time	`.-7,` means the last 7 days

Notes

SUMMARY format is shown by default
-b and -l are mutually exclusive; only one can be used
If no time option is specified, the default query is jobs completed in the last 7 days

Overview​

Options​

Output Format​

SUMMARY format (default)​

BRIEF format (-b option)​

LONG format (-l option)​

Examples​

Time Format​

Notes​