redis-cli interactive mode: how to use --bigkeys

Question

redis-cli -h host -p port --bigkeys

will show a list of large keys, which is very convenient.

but in my environment, I am limited to the interactive mode.

Before I can type any commands, it's already connected to redis via interactive mode. Like:

redis-cli -h host -p port 
> x.x.x.x@port connected!
> i can start typing here

Is there any way to use the --bigkeys command inside the interactive mode?

what version of redis you are using? – Shubham Srivastava Dec 23 '20 at 08:46 — Shubham Srivastava, Dec 23 '20 at 08:46
@ShubhamSrivastava 6.0.8 – Cui Pengfei 崔鹏飞 Dec 23 '20 at 10:12 — Cui Pengfei 崔鹏飞, Dec 23 '20 at 10:12

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 23 '20 at 16:49

You can't use --bigkeys from the CLI's interactive/REPL mode. It is only available from the command line. What you can, perhaps, do is get the database's snapshot (RDB) and load it locally. Then you'd have, hopefully, unrestricted access via your own CLI.

Alternatively, there are other tools for analyzing Redis' keyspace. One such tool that I know of is RedisInsight (https://redislabs.com/redis-enterprise/redis-insight/).

redis-cli interactive mode: how to use --bigkeys

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