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184 <h1>memcat
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185 <div class=
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186 <h2>SYNOPSIS
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187 <p>memcat [options] key [key...]
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188 <p>Read and output the value of one key or the values of a set of keys.
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190 <div class=
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191 <h2>DESCRIPTION
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192 <p><strong class=
"program">memcat
</strong> reads and outputs the value of a single or a set of keys
193 stored in a
<em class=
"manpage"><a class=
"manpage reference external" href=
"https://linux.die.net/man/1/memcached">memcached(
1)
</a></em> server.
</p>
194 <p>If any key is not found an error is returned.
</p>
195 <p>It is similar to the standard UNIX
<em class=
"manpage"><a class=
"manpage reference external" href=
"https://linux.die.net/man/1/cat">cat(
1)
</a></em> utility.
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198 <h2>OPTIONS
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200 <dt id=
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201 <code class=
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</code><code class=
"descclassname"></code><a class=
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202 <dd><p>Display help.
</p>
206 <dt id=
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207 <code class=
"descname">--version
</code><code class=
"descclassname"></code><a class=
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208 <dd><p>Display version.
</p>
212 <dt id=
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213 <code class=
"descname">--quiet
</code><code class=
"descclassname"></code><a class=
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214 <dd><p>Operate quietly.
</p>
218 <dt id=
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219 <code class=
"descname">--verbose
</code><code class=
"descclassname"></code><a class=
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220 <dd><p>Operate more verbosely.
</p>
224 <dt id=
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225 <code class=
"descname">--debug
</code><code class=
"descclassname"></code><a class=
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226 <dd><p>See
<a class=
"reference internal" href=
"#cmdoption-memcat-verbose"><code class=
"xref std std-option docutils literal notranslate"><span class=
"pre">--verbose
</span></code></a>.
</p>
230 <dt id=
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231 <code class=
"descname">--servers
</code><code class=
"descclassname"> <list of servers
></code><a class=
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232 <dd><p>Specify the list of servers as
<em>hostname[:port][,hostname[:port]...]
</em>.
</p>
236 <dt id=
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237 <code class=
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</code><code class=
"descclassname"></code><a class=
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238 <dd><p>Enable binary protocol.
</p>
242 <dt id=
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243 <code class=
"descname">--hash
</code><code class=
"descclassname"> <algorithm
></code><a class=
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244 <dd><p>Use
<em>algorithm
</em> as key hash algo.
245 See
<a class=
"reference internal" href=
"../libmemcached/memcached_behavior.html#_CPPv4N20memcached_behavior_t23MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_HASHE" title=
"memcached_behavior_t::MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_HASH"><code class=
"xref cpp cpp-enumerator docutils literal notranslate"><span class=
"pre">memcached_behavior_t::MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_HASH
</span></code></a>.
</p>
249 <dt id=
"cmdoption-memcat-flag">
250 <code class=
"descname">--flag
</code><code class=
"descclassname"></code><a class=
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251 <dd><p>Display stored flags.
</p>
255 <div class=
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256 <h2>ENVIRONMENT
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258 <dt id=
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259 <code class=
"descname">MEMCACHED_SERVERS
</code><a class=
"headerlink" href=
"#envvar-MEMCACHED_SERVERS" title=
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260 <dd><p>Specify a list of servers.
</p>
264 <div class=
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265 <h2>SEE ALSO
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267 <li><a class=
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