Redis Keys – Commands to manage keys in redis datastore

In Redis, Keys are used as a unique identifier to store, manage and retrieved a value stored in the database. Keys can be manage by using Redis Commands in redis-cli. The syntax for using redis Key commands is as follows :-

Syntax :-

redis host:post> <Command Name> <key name>

Example :-

Redis Key Commands :-

Some of the important commands to manage Keys in redis database are as follows :-

S.No	Command	Description
1	DEL	Deletes the key, if it exists
2	DUMP	Returns serialized version of value store at specified key
3	EXISTS	Checks whether key exists or not
4	EXPIRE	Set expiration time of the key
5	EXPRIEAT	Set expiration time of the key in Unix Timestamp
6	PEXPIRE	Set expiration time of the key in milliseconds
7	PEXPIREAT	Set expiration time of the key in Unix Timestamp, specified in milliseconds
8	KEYS	Find all the keys, which match the specified pattern
9	MOVE	Moves a key to another database
10	PERSIST	Removes expiration time from the key
11	PTTL	Returns remaining time left in expiration of key, in milliseconds
12	TTL	Returns remaining time left in expiration of key, in seconds
13	RANDOMKEY	Returns a random key stored in datastore
14	RENAME	Rename the key
15	RENAMENX	Rename the key, if key with new name doesn’t exist
16	TYPE	Returns datatype of value stored at the key

References :-

Key Command Docs

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