redis-tools

Lookup Redis commands by category, test Redis server connections, and monitor database key counts and memory usage, with offline cheatsheet support.

redis

Redis Command Reference & Connection Tool — Instantly look up Redis commands, test your connection, and monitor key statistics. Works offline too — shows the full cheatsheet even without a Redis instance.

Commands

Command	Description	Example
cheatsheet	Display Redis command reference by category	cheatsheet / cheatsheet string
test	Test a Redis connection and show server info	test / test redis://localhost:6379
monitor	Show key count and memory stats per DB	monitor / monitor localhost 6379

Usage

bash script.sh cheatsheet [category]
bash script.sh test [host] [port] [password]
bash script.sh monitor [host] [port] [password]

Categories for cheatsheet

Category	Commands Covered
string	SET, GET, MSET, INCR, APPEND, STRLEN, SETNX…
list	LPUSH, RPUSH, LRANGE, LLEN, LPOP, BRPOP…
hash	HSET, HGET, HMGET, HGETALL, HDEL, HKEYS…
set	SADD, SMEMBERS, SISMEMBER, SUNION, SINTER…
zset	ZADD, ZRANGE, ZRANK, ZSCORE, ZREM, ZCOUNT…
key	DEL, EXISTS, EXPIRE, TTL, RENAME, TYPE, SCAN…
server	INFO, DBSIZE, CONFIG GET, FLUSHDB, DEBUG…
scripting	EVAL, EVALSHA, SCRIPT LOAD/EXISTS/FLUSH

Requirements

• bash >= 4.0
• redis-cli (optional — required only for test and monitor commands; offline mode activates automatically if not found)

Install Redis CLI

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt install redis-tools

# macOS
brew install redis

# Alpine
apk add redis

Examples

$ bash script.sh cheatsheet string

🔴 Redis Cheatsheet — Strings
─────────────────────────────────────────────
SET key value [EX seconds] [PX ms] [NX|XX]
  Set key to value. Options: EX (expire secs), NX (only if not exists)
  Example: SET user:1:name "Alice" EX 3600

GET key
  Get the value of a key. Returns nil if not exists.
  Example: GET user:1:name

MSET key value [key value ...]
  Set multiple keys atomically.
  Example: MSET k1 v1 k2 v2 k3 v3
...

$ bash script.sh test localhost 6379

🔴 Redis Connection Test
─────────────────────────────────────────────
Host     : localhost
Port     : 6379
Status   : ✅ CONNECTED

Server Info:
  redis_version  : 7.2.3
  uptime_days    : 4
  connected_clients: 3
  used_memory    : 1.23M
  maxmemory      : 0 (unlimited)
  role           : master
  aof_enabled    : 0

$ bash script.sh monitor

🔴 Redis Key Monitor
─────────────────────────────────────────────
Host     : localhost:6379

DB   Keys   Avg TTL
────────────────────
db0  1247   —
db1  89     —

Total keys : 1336
Memory     : 4.56M