MonitorCommand: Contents
MONITOR
Return value

# MonitorCommand

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# MONITOR

> MONITOR is a debugging command that outputs the whole sequence of commandsreceived by the Redis server. is very handy in order to understandwhat is happening into the database. This command is used directlyvia telnet.

    % telnet 127.0.0.1 6379
    Trying 127.0.0.1...
    Connected to segnalo-local.com.
    Escape character is '^]'.
    MONITOR
    +OK
    monitor
    keys *
    dbsize
    set x 6
    foobar
    get x
    del x
    get x
    set key_x 5
    hello
    set key_y 5
    hello
    set key_z 5
    hello
    set foo_a 5
    hello

> The ability to see all the requests processed by the server is useful in orderto spot bugs in the application both when using Redis as a database and asa distributed caching system.

> In order to end a monitoring session just issue a QUIT command by hand.

## Return value

Non standard return value, just dumps the received commands in an infinite flow.