Fetch the value of a key from memcache server with telnet

In case you want to fetch the value of a key stored in a memcache you could connect to the memcache server via telnet and query the server for the key:

Connect to the memcache server via telnet:
:$ telnet memcache-server-host 11211

Query for stats slabs and use the slab number t query with cachedump:

stats slabs
STAT 25:chunk_size 21696
STAT 25:chunks_per_page 48
...
END

stats cachedump 25 0
ITEM GTLD_DATA [18459 b; 1520683204 s]
END

get GTLD_DATA
VALUE GTLD_DATA 1 18459
a:2:{...}
END


Read more:

• https://blog.elijaa.org/2010/05/21/memcached-telnet-command-summary/
• https://blog.elijaa.org/2010/12/24/understanding-memcached-stats-cachedump-command/