kcat(1)
is a generic non-JVM producer and consumer for Apache Kafka 0.8, think of it as a netcat for Kafka.
Description
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NAME
kcat — generic producer and consumer for Apache Kafka
SYNOPSIS
kcat -C | -P |
-L -t topic [-p partition]
-b brokers [, ...]
[-D delim] [-K delim]
[-c cnt] [-X list]
[-X prop=val]
[-X dump]
[-d dbg [, ...]] [-q]
[-v] [-Z] [specific options]
kcat -C [generic options]
[-o offset] [-e] [-O]
[-u] [-J] [-f fmtstr]
kcat -P [generic options]
[-z snappy | gzip]
[-p -1] [file [...]]
kcat -L [generic options]
[-t topic]
DESCRIPTION
kcat is a generic non-JVM producer and consumer for Apache Kafka 0.8, think of it as a netcat for Kafka.
In producer mode ( -P ), kcat reads messages from stdin, delimited with a configurable delimeter and produces them to the provided Kafka cluster, topic and partition. In consumer mode ( -C ), kcat reads messages from a topic and partition and prints them to stdout using the configured message delimiter.
If neither -P or -C are specified kcat attempts to figure out the mode automatically based on stdin/stdout tty types.
kcat also features a metadata list mode ( -L ), to display the current state of the Kafka cluster and its topics and partitions.
SEE ALSO
For a more extensive help and some simple examples, run kcat with -h flag. GNU December 09, 2014 KCAT(1)