why.sh

#why dont you go and do something else instead of writing software? thank you!!

while read -r job_id status start_time user job_name priority _ _ used_mem _ need_mem _ ; do
  echo "$job_id $status $user $used_mem $(date -d@$(( $start_time / 1000 )))" ;
done < <(mapred job -list all 2>/dev/null | egrep RUNN) | sort -k 4 -n

#JobId State StartTime UserName Queue Priority UsedContainers RsvdContainers UsedMem RsvdMem NeededMem AM info

or not

while true ; do 

  while read -r job_id status start_time user job_name priority _ _ used_mem _ need_mem _ ; do
    echo "$job_id $status $user $used_mem $(date -d@$(( $start_time / 1000 )))" ;   
  done < <(mapred job -list all 2>/dev/null | egrep RUNN) | sort -k 4 -n ; 

sleep 10 ; 
done