---
name: "tq"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nq"
version: "0.3.1-4"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tq"
---

# tq(1)

job queue wrapper for tmux/screen

## NAME

**tq** – job queue wrapper for tmux/screen

## SYNOPSIS

**tq** *command line* *...*

## DESCRIPTION

**tq** is a tiny wrapper around the [nq(1)](/nq/1.md) job queue which automatically spawns a corresponding [fq(1)](/fq/1.md) watching process in a new [tmux(1)](/tmux/1.md) or [screen(1)](/screen/1.md) window.

You can cancel the [nq(1)](/nq/1.md) job by pressing **C-c** in the job output window.

After the job has finished, the window will close on **C-d**.

## ENVIRONMENT

- NQDIR

  Directory where lock files/job output resides, see [nq(1)](/nq/1.md).

## EXIT STATUS

The **tq** utility exits 0 on success, and \>0 if an error occurs.

## SEE ALSO

[fq(1)](/fq/1.md), [nq(1)](/nq/1.md), [screen(1)](/screen/1.md), [tmux(1)](/tmux/1.md)

## AUTHORS

Leah Neukirchen ⟨*leah@vuxu.org*⟩

## LICENSE

**tq** is in the public domain.

To the extent possible under law, the creator of this work has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.

**http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/**