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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amqp-declare-queue(1).