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kcat

kcat

A command-line utility for producing and consuming Kafka messages.

Runs as kcat, kafkacat|macOS, Linux, Windows|github.com
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OptionsOn kcat itself
-P
Producer mode
-C
Consumer mode
-L
List metadata
-b
Comma-separated host[:port] list. <brokers>
-t
Topic <topic>
-p
Partition <partition>
-o
Start offset <offset>
-c
Message count limit <count>
-e
Exit at last message
-J
JSON envelope output
-k
Fixed message key <key>
-K
Key delimiter <key_delim>
-F
Config file <config_file>
-v
Verbosity
ArgumentsPositional, in order
<files>
Producer mode: files to send instead of stdin. · optional · repeatable · filepaths