---
title: "Bash it! - Number of messages in Postfix queue"
kind: article
slug: bash-it-number-of-messages-in-postfix-queue
created_at: 2007-11-15
tags:
  - Blog
  - Features
  - Linux
  - BASH
  - Bash IT
  - shell
  - postfix
  - scripting
  - mail
  - server
  - queue
  - email
  - messages
---

Got bash? Here's a nice snippet that will return the number of messages currently in the postfix queue.

<pre lang="bash">postqueue -p | tail -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f5</pre>

Feel free to post any updates or improvements.