Chapter 8. lprm - Job Removal Program

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8.1. lprm Queue Selection (lprm -Pprinter, lprm -a)
8.2. lprm Job Selection

The lprm program is used to remove jobs from a print queue. You can obtain the available options by using:

h4: {307} % lprm -=
lprm: Illegal option '='
 usage: lprm [-A] [-a | -Pprinter] [-Ddebuglevel] (jobid|user|'all')*
  -a           - all printers
  -A           - use authentication
  -Pprinter    - printer (default PRINTER environment variable)
  -Uuser       - impersonate this user (root or privileged user only)
  -Ddebuglevel - debug level
  -V           - show version information
  user           removes user jobs
  all            removes all jobs
  jobid          removes job number jobid
 Example:
    'lprm -Plp 30' removes job 30 on printer lp
    'lprm -a'      removes all your jobs on all printers
    'lprm -a all'  removes all jobs on all printers
  Note: lprm removes only jobs for which you have removal permission

8.1. lprm Queue Selection (lprm -Pprinter, lprm -a)

If no queue is specified, then the default queue is used, with -Pprinter@host causing a direct connection to the named host. The -a literal selects all queues.