Question: Where is memcached-tool?
Answer
memcached-tool
is a command-line utility that comes with the Memcached package. It provides various statistics and information about a running Memcached instance, such as the number of active connections, cache hit rates, and memory usage.
To use memcached-tool
, you need to have Memcached installed on your system first. The location of memcached-tool
may vary depending on your operating system and how you installed Memcached.
On Linux systems, memcached-tool
is usually installed along with the Memcached service. You can check if memcached-tool
is available by running the following command:
which memcached-tool
If memcached-tool
is installed, this command will output the path to the executable. For example:
/usr/bin/memcached-tool
If memcached-tool
is not installed, you can usually install it using your distribution's package manager. For example, on Ubuntu or Debian-based systems, you can install memcached-tool
by running:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libmemcached-tools
Once installed, you can use memcached-tool
to monitor and manage your Memcached instance. Here are some examples of commands you can run:
-
To get general statistics about the running Memcached instance:
memcached-tool <memcached-host>:<memcached-port> stats
-
To get detailed statistics for a specific Memcached key:
memcached-tool <memcached-host>:<memcached-port> dump <key>
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To view the contents of the entire Memcached cache:
memcached-tool <memcached-host>:<memcached-port> dump
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Other Common Memcached Questions (and Answers)
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- Does Memcached write to disk?
- What is the location of Memcached error log?
- How does Memcached consistent hashing work?
- Does restarting Memcached clear cache?
- Does Memcached support encryption?
- How to pronounce Memcached?
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- How to install Memcached in CentOS 7?
- How is Memcached implemented?
- How to clear Memcached data?
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