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+from pythonlsf import lsf
+
+
+def get_single_job_info(jobid: int) -> lsf.jobInfoEnt:
+    """
+    Get the jobInfoEnt struct for a single lsf job using its jobId
+
+    This function does not work for array jobs, only single jobs
+    """
+    if lsf.lsb_init("job_info") > 0:
+        print("could not initialise the api")
+        return
+
+    # openjobinfo opens a connection to mbatchd and returns the amount of
+    # jobs in the connection.
+    num_jobs_found = lsf.lsb_openjobinfo(jobid, "", "all", "", "", 0x2000)
+
+    # make and assign an int pointer to the record of the jobs found
+    int_ptr = lsf.new_intp()
+    lsf.intp_assign(int_ptr, num_jobs_found)
+
+    # read the info at int_ptr and assign to a python object so we can read it.
+    job_info = lsf.lsb_readjobinfo(int_ptr)
+
+    # close the connection to avoid a memory leak
+    lsf.lsb_closejobinfo()
+
+    return job_info
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    id = input("enter a job id:\n")
+    job_info = get_single_job_info(int(id))
+
+    print(f"job id: {job_info.jobId}\njob name: {job_info.jName}\n"
+          f"status: {job_info.status:#x}")