HowTo: Flush Contents Of a Memcached Server Using Command Line

You can invalidate all existing cache items using the flush_all command. This command does not pause the server, as it returns immediately. It does not free up or flush memory at all, it just causes all items to expire. You can send  flush_all  command using any one of the following method:

1. nc command - The nc (also know as netcat) utility is used for just about anything under the sun involving TCP or UDP.
2. telnet command - The telnet command is used to communicate with another host using the TELNET protocol.

netcat (nc) Command Example To Flush Contents Of Memcached Server

The nc (netcat) command is a simple unix utility which reads and writes data across network connections, using TCP or UDP protocol. It can simply connect to the memcached instance and and invalidate all existing cache:

 
echo 'flush_all' | nc localhost 11211
 

OR

 
echo 'flush_all' | netcat localhost 11211
 

OR

 
nc 192.168.1.10 11211<<<"flush_all"
 

Where,

• 192.168.1.10 - memcached server instance
• localhost - memcached server instance
• 11211 - memcached server port.

Telnet Command Example To Flush Contents Of Memcached Server

• Type the following command:
  telnet your-memcached-server-ip PORT
  In this example connect to 192.168.1.10 11211 and issue the flush_all command as follows:
  $ telnet 192.168.1.10 11211
  Sample outputs:

  Trying 192.168.1.10...
  Connected to cache01.nixcraft.net.in.
  Escape character is ‘^]’.
  flush_all
  OK
  quit
  Connection to cache01.nixcraft.net.in closed by foreign host.

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