lprm(1)

💅 lprm — the OpenPrinting girlie's guide to cancelling print jobs ✨

okay bestie, welcome to lprm(1) — the manual page for lprm, and yes, she is that girl. This is the OpenPrinting era of the classic tool, so let's get into it 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

lprm — cancel print jobs. that's it, that's the whole vibe 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

lprm [ -h hostname[:port] ] [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -P
destination[/instance] ] [ - ] [ job-id(s) ]

lowkey iconic formatting, ngl 🦋

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so like. lprm cancels print jobs that have been queued for printing. no more waiting behind that 200-page PDF your roommate sent, we are freeing the queue 🕊️

if you give her no arguments at all, she cancels the current job on the default destination. simple. clean. demure.

but wait, there's more (there's always more) — you can hand her one or more job ID numbers to cancel those specific jobs, or you can hit her with the - option to cancel ALL the jobs. nuclear. slay. 💀

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🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

the lprm command supports the following options, and bestie we are listing every single one, no skipping 🙅‍♀️

• -E — forces encryption when connecting to the server. secure the bag 🔐
• -P destination[/instance] — specifies the destination printer or class. tell her where the drama is happening 🖨️
• -U username — specifies an alternate username</slate>. you're allowed to be someone else today, main character behaviour 👑
• -h server[:port] — specifies an alternate server.

⚠️ ok listen up because this one MATTERS: Note: this option must occur before all others. like, -h goes FIRST. if you put her anywhere else she's not gonna behave. first. periodt. 💅

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🧚 CONFORMING TO 🧚

the CUPS version of lprm is compatible with the standard Berkeley command of the same name. so yes, your muscle memory still works, we're just doing it with ✨style✨ now 💖

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🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

cancel the current job on the default printer:

lprm

cancel job 1234:

lprm 1234

cancel all jobs:

lprm -

see how easy? three lines, three moods, all of them valid 🫶

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🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

go read these next besties, they're all in the group chat:

• cancel(1)
• lp(1)
• lpq(1)
• lpr(1)
• lpstat(1)
• CUPS Online Help (<http://localhost:631/help>) — yes, that's the actual URL, run it locally, iykyk 🌐

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright © 2020-2024 by OpenPrinting. 🩷

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and that's the page, bestie!! written up on 2022-05-02 and shipped with CUPS — lprm(1), cancelled jobs, cancelled drama, iconic as always. mwah 💋✨