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+import subprocess
+
+from lxml import etree
+
+from i3pystatus import IntervalModule
+
+
+class SGETracker(IntervalModule):
+    """
+    Used to display status of Batch computing jobs on a cluster running Sun Grid Engine.
+    The data is collected via ssh, so a valid ssh address must be specified.
+
+    Requires lxml.
+    """
+
+    interval = 60
+
+    settings = (
+        ("ssh", "The SSH connection address. Can be user@host or user:password@host or user@host -p PORT etc."),
+        'color', 'format'
+    )
+    required = ("ssh",)
+
+    format = "SGE qw: {queued} / r: {running} / Eqw: {error}"
+    on_leftclick = None
+    color = "#ffffff"
+
+    def parse_qstat_xml(self):
+        xml = subprocess.check_output("ssh {0} \"qstat -xml\"".format(self.ssh),
+                                      stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+                                      shell=True)
+        root = etree.fromstring(xml)
+        job_dict = {'qw': 0, 'Eqw': 0, 'r': 0}
+
+        for j in root.xpath('//job_info/job_info/job_list'):
+            job_dict[j.find("state").text] += 1
+
+        for j in root.xpath('//job_info/queue_info/job_list'):
+            job_dict[j.find("state").text] += 1
+
+        return job_dict
+
+    def run(self):
+        jobs = self.parse_qstat_xml()
+
+        fdict = {
+            "queued": jobs['qw'],
+            "error": jobs['Eqw'],
+            "running": jobs['r']
+        }
+
+        self.output = {
+            "full_text": self.format.format(**fdict).strip(),
+            "color": self.color
+        }