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The command for examining the printer queue (or spool) is lpq.
To display the queue of the default printer type lpq and you will
see something like this:
lp is ready and printing Rank Owner Job Files Total Size active trent 971 standard input 89471 bytes 1st alsam 771 standard input 16851 bytes 2nd trent 973 standard input 35393 bytes 3rd hsin 466 standard input 1233 bytes 4th trent 975 standard input 38179 bytes 5th trent 978 standard input 11381 bytes 6th lynnette 461 Newsout 2426 bytes
For a different printer, the -P option, as in lpr, can
be used. For instance, to see what jobs are waiting for the `lw3'
printer, use lpq -Plw3.
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