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@@ -172,8 +172,15 @@ sbatch hello.job
 
 ## Information on the Job
 ```
+# show all completed jobs
+sacct -a -s cd
+
+# show info for that job
 sacct -j <JOBID>
 
+# show more info for that job
+sacct -l -j <JOBID>
+
 # Memory Used
 sacct -j <JOBID> --format=JobID,JobName,ReqMem,MaxRSS,Elapsed
 ```