✅ Basic One-Liner: Dump messages non-destructively (browse only)
dmpmqmsg -m MYQMGR -i MY.QUEUE -b
-m MYQMGR: Queue manager name-i MY.QUEUE: Input queue-b: Browse mode (non-destructive)
✅ Destructive Read (messages will be removed)
dmpmqmsg -m MYQMGR -i MY.QUEUE
- This will read and remove messages from the queue.
✅ Dump to a File (for later restore)
dmpmqmsg -m MYQMGR -i MY.QUEUE -f dump.mq
- Dumps messages to a binary file
dump.mq - Useful for backups or moving messages between environments
✅ Dump from file back to queue
dmpmqmsg -m MYQMGR -o MY.QUEUE -f dump.mq
✅ Extract just message payloads (text) in one line
dmpmqmsg -m MYQMGR -i MY.QUEUE -b | grep "DATA:"
Or more selectively:
dmpmqmsg -m MYQMGR -i MY.QUEUE -b | awk '/DATA:/{print $0}'