amqp-delete-queue - Man Page

amqp-delete-queue [OPTION...] {-q queue name}

amqp-delete-queue deletes a queue from an AMQP server, and exits after printing to standard output the number of messages that were in the queue at the time of its deletion​.

-q,  --queue=queue name

The name of the queue to delete​.

If the queue was successfully deleted, the exit status is 0​. If an error occurs, the exit status is 1​.

Delete the queue “myqueue” at a moment when it has 123 messages waiting on it:

$ amqp-delete-queue -q myqueue
123

librabbitmq-tools(7) describes connection-related options common to all the RabbitMQ C Client tools​.

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