13.7. Printing From The Command Line
Printing is not an involved process whether you click on a button in
a GUI or type commands from the command line. This section explains how
to print, cancel, and view print jobs from the command line, assuming
you have a properly configured printer connected to your system. Refer
to Chapter 8 Printer Configuration for more information about setting up
your printer.
The lpr command, followed by a filename, sends
that specified file to the print queue. For example, lpr
foo.txt prints the foo.txt file.
To view the jobs waiting in the print queue, type
lpq at the command line. Type lpq,
and you will see information similar to this:
In this example, 389 is the job
number.
You can cancel jobs in the queue by typing lprm
followed by the print job number displayed when you use the
lpq command. To cancel the
foo.txt print job, type lprm 389
and press [Enter].
