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KeyDB client
Synopsis
keydb-cli [ options ] [cmd [arg [arg ...]]]
Description
KeyDB is an open source (BSD licensed), in-memory data structure store, used as database, cache and message broker, found at https://docs.keydb.dev/
The keydb-cli command is a command line client to keydb-server.
Options
- -h hostname
 Server hostname (default: 127.0.0.1).
- -p port
 Server port (default: 6379).
- -s socket
 Server socket (overrides hostname and port).
- -a password
 Password to use when connecting to the server.
- -r repeat
 Execute specified command N times.
- -i interval
 When -r is used, waits interval seconds per command. It is possible to specify sub-second times like -i 0.1.
- -n db
 Database number.
- -x
 Read last argument from STDIN.
- -d delimiter
 Multi-bulk delimiter in for raw formatting (default: 0.
- -c
 Enable cluster mode (follow -ASK and -MOVED redirections).
- --raw
 Use raw formatting for replies (default when STDOUT is not a tty).
- --no-raw
 Force formatted output even when STDOUT is not a tty.
- --csv
 Output in CSV format.
- --stat
 Print rolling stats about server: mem, clients, ...
- --latency
 Enter a special mode continuously sampling latency.
- --latency-history
 Like --latency but tracking latency changes over time. Default time interval is 15 sec. Change it using -i.
- --latency-dist
 Shows latency as a spectrum, requires xterm 256 colors. Default time interval is 1 sec. Change it using -i.
- --lru-test
 Simulate a cache workload with an 80-20 distribution.
- --slave
 Simulate a slave showing commands received from the master.
- --rdb filename
 Transfer an RDB dump from remote server to local file.
- --pipe
 Transfer raw KeyDB protocol from stdin to server.
- --pipe-timeout n
 In --pipe mode, abort with error if after sending all data. no reply is received within n seconds. Default timeout: 30. Use 0 to wait forever.
- --bigkeys
 Sample KeyBD keys looking for big keys.
- --scan
 List all keys using the SCAN command.
- --pattern pat
 Useful with --scan to specify a SCAN pattern.
- --intrinsic-latency sec
 Run a test to measure intrinsic system latency. The test will run for the specified amount of seconds.
- --eval file
 Send an EVAL command using the Lua script at file.
- --ldb
 Used with --eval enable the KeyDB Lua debugger.
- --ldb-sync-mode
 Like --ldb but uses the synchronous Lua debugger, in this mode the server is blocked and script changes are are not rolled back from the server memory.
- --help
 Output this help and exit.
- --version
 Output version and exit.
Examples
cat /etc/passwd | keydb-cli -x set mypasswd
keydb-cli get mypasswd
keydb-cli -r 100 lpush mylist x
keydb-cli -r 100 -i 1 info | grep used_memory_human:
keydb-cli --eval myscript.lua key1 key2 , arg1 arg2 arg3
Bugs
See: https://docs.keydb.dev/ and https://github.com/JohnSully/KeyDB.git/issues
Copyright
Copyright © 2006-2016 Salvatore Sanfilippo Copyright © 2019- John Sully
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