On Unix-like operating systems, the lpq command lists the status of all available printers.

Description

lpq shows the current print queue status on the named printer. Jobs queued on the default destination are shown if no printer or class is specified on the command-line.

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The +interval option lets you continuously report the jobs in the queue until the queue is empty; the list of jobs is shown once every interval seconds.

Syntax

lpq [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -P destination[/instance] ] [ -a ] [ -l ] [ +interval ]

Options

Examples

lpq -l

Displays printer information in verbose format.

lp — Print a file on the System V operating system.lpr — Submit print requests.lprm — Remove requests from the print queue.lpstat — List the status of the LP print services.