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195 <h1>memcat
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197 <h2>SYNOPSIS
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198 <p>memcat [options] key [key...]
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199 <p>Read and output the value of one key or the values of a set of keys.
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202 <h2>DESCRIPTION
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203 <p><strong class=
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</strong> reads and outputs the value of a single or a set of keys
204 stored in a
<em class=
"manpage"><a class=
"manpage reference external" href=
"https://linux.die.net/man/1/memcached">memcached(
1)
</a></em> server.
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205 <p>If any key is not found an error is returned.
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206 <p>It is similar to the standard UNIX
<em class=
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"https://linux.die.net/man/1/cat">cat(
1)
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209 <h2>OPTIONS
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210 <dl class=
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211 <dt id=
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212 <code class=
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213 <dd><p>Display help.
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216 <dl class=
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217 <dt id=
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218 <code class=
"sig-name descname">--version
</code><code class=
"sig-prename descclassname"></code><a class=
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219 <dd><p>Display version.
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222 <dl class=
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223 <dt id=
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224 <code class=
"sig-name descname">--quiet
</code><code class=
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225 <dd><p>Operate quietly.
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228 <dl class=
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229 <dt id=
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230 <code class=
"sig-name descname">--verbose
</code><code class=
"sig-prename descclassname"></code><a class=
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231 <dd><p>Operate more verbosely.
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234 <dl class=
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235 <dt id=
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236 <code class=
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237 <dd><p>See
<a class=
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"#cmdoption-memcat-verbose"><code class=
"xref std std-option docutils literal notranslate"><span class=
"pre">--verbose
</span></code></a>.
</p>
240 <dl class=
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241 <dt id=
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242 <code class=
"sig-name descname">--servers
</code><code class=
"sig-prename descclassname"> <list of servers
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243 <dd><p>Specify the list of servers as
<em>hostname[:port][,hostname[:port]...]
</em>.
</p>
246 <dl class=
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247 <dt id=
"cmdoption-memcat-binary">
248 <code class=
"sig-name descname">--binary
</code><code class=
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249 <dd><p>Enable binary protocol.
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252 <dl class=
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253 <dt id=
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254 <code class=
"sig-name descname">--hash
</code><code class=
"sig-prename descclassname"> <algorithm
></code><a class=
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255 <dd><p>Use
<em>algorithm
</em> as key hash algo.
256 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>
259 <dl class=
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260 <dt id=
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261 <code class=
"sig-name descname">--flag
</code><code class=
"sig-prename descclassname"></code><a class=
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262 <dd><p>Display stored flags.
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267 <h2>ENVIRONMENT
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268 <dl class=
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269 <dt id=
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270 <code class=
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</code><a class=
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271 <dd><p>Specify a list of servers.
</p>
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276 <h2>SEE ALSO
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278 <li><p><a class=
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