memcat — libmemcached-awesome 1.1.2 documentation

# memcat

## SYNOPSIS

memcat [options] key [key...]

Read and output the value of one key or the values of a set of keys.

## DESCRIPTION

memcat reads and outputs the value of a single or a set of keys stored in a memcached(1) server.

If any key is not found an error is returned.

It is similar to the standard UNIX cat(1) utility.

## OPTIONS

--help

  Display help.

--version

  Display version.

--quiet

  Operate quietly.

--verbose

  Operate more verbosely.

--debug

  See `--verbose`.

--servers <list of servers>

  Specify the list of servers as hostname[:port][,hostname[:port]...].

--binary

  Enable binary protocol.

--hash <algorithm>

  Use algorithm as key hash algo. See `memcached_behavior_t::MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_HASH`.

--flag

  Display stored flags.

## ENVIRONMENT

MEMCACHED_SERVERS

  Specify a list of servers.

## SEE ALSO

- C/C++ Client Library for memcached

- libmemcached Configuration