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Can you just test this:

Code:

lpstat -oLBNDUIP061 | grep -i Sep | awk '{print $1}'

It should give the job names as output
If this works, then the previous should solve your issue...

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Man, that code is working really gooooood!!!

Many thanks vbe. Really great help

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