OS Manuals

/usr/bin/cancel

The CUPS Printing System

From cups 2.4.20-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running cancel --help (exit 1). permalink

Usage: cancel [options] [id]
       cancel [options] [destination]
       cancel [options] [destination-id]
Options:
-a                      Cancel all jobs
-E                      Encrypt the connection to the server
-h server[:port]        Connect to the named server and port
-u owner                Specify the owner to use for jobs
-U username             Specify the username to use for authentication
-x                      Purge jobs rather than just canceling
Options (6)
OptionDescriptionSource
-aCancel all jobs on the named destination, or all jobs on all destinations if none is provided.help + man
-EForces encryption when connecting to the server.help + man
-h server[:portConnect to the named server and porthelp
-u ownerSpecify the owner to use for jobshelp + man
-U usernameSpecifies the username to use when connecting to the server.help + man
-xDeletes job data files in addition to canceling.help + man
Examples (3) from the manual page, untested

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.