| LPQ(1) | General Commands Manual | LPQ(1) | 
lpq —
| lpq | [ -al] [-Pprinter] [-wmaxwait] [job# ...]
      [user ...] | 
lpq examines the spooling area used by
  lpd(8) for printing files on the
  line printer, and reports the status of the specified jobs or all jobs
  associated with a user. lpq invoked without any
  arguments reports on any jobs currently in the queue.
Options:
-PPRINTER variable in the
      environment). All other arguments supplied are interpreted as user names
      or job numbers to filter out only those jobs of interest.-l-a-w
    maxwaitFor each job submitted (i.e. invocation of
    lpr(1))
    lpq reports the user's name, current rank in the
    queue, the names of files comprising the job, the job identifier (a number
    which may be supplied to lprm(1)
    for removing a specific job), and the total size in bytes. Job ordering is
    dependent on the algorithm used to scan the spooling directory and is
    supposed to be FIFO (First in First Out). File names comprising a job may be
    unavailable (when lpr(1) is used
    as a sink in a pipeline) in which case the file is indicated as ``(standard
    input)''.
If lpq warns that there is no daemon
    present (i.e. due to some malfunction), the
    lpc(8) command can be used to
    restart the printer daemon.
lpq:
PRINTERlpq appeared in 3BSD.
lpq may report unreliably. Output formatting is
  sensitive to the line length of the terminal; this can result in widely spaced
  columns.
| April 28, 1995 | NetBSD 9.4 |