CL Command DSPQMSG (Display Queue Messages)

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Overview

DSPQMSG is a member of i5/OS Programmer's Toolkit.

The Display Queue Message (DSPQMSG) command displays messages in one or more types queue objects. The queue object could be a data queue object of object type *DTAQ or a user queue object of type *USRQ. When a DDM data queue object is specified, no message is displayed.

DSPQMSG first displays general information of all messages currently on a queue object, including message number, time enqueued, and message key. If the length a message's key data is longer than 32, only the abbreviated key data is displayed. By entering option number 5 for a specific message, and pressing the enter key, details of the selected messages are displayed. Use function key F11 to exchange between character format and hexadecimal format. Use function key F10 to exchange between key data and message text data.

Help information are always available by pressing function key F1 everywhere.

Examples

Display messages in a user queue object To display a user queue object, you can specify one of the following commands:
```
DSPQMSG A_USER_Q *USRQ
DSPQMSG A_LIB/A_USER_Q *USRQ
DSPQMSG *LIBL/A_USER_Q *USRQ
DSPQMSG *CURLIB/A_USER_Q *USRQ
```
Display messages in a data queue object To display a data queue object, you can specify one of the following commands:
```
DSPQMSG A_DATA_Q *DTAQ
DSPQMSG A_LIB/A_DATA_Q *DTAQ
DSPQMSG *LIBL/A_DATA_Q *DTAQ
DSPQMSG *CURLIB/A_DATA_Q *DTAQ
```
Remarks:
To retrieve detail descriptions about a queue object, please use DSPQD (Display Queue Description). command, which is another member of i5/OS Programmer's toolkit.