Redis Scripts

Redis scripts use the Lua interpreter to execute scripts. Redis 2.6 Version supports Lua environment through embedding. The commonly used command to execute scripts is EVAL.

Syntax

The basic syntax of the Eval command is as follows:

redis　127.0.0.1:6379>  EVAL  script  numkeys  key  [key  ...]  arg  [arg  ...]

Online Examples

The following examples demonstrate the working process of redis scripts:

redis　127.0.0.1:6379>  EVAL  "return  {KEYS[1],KEYS[2],ARGV[1],ARGV[2]"　2　key1　key2　first second
1)  "key1"
2)  "key2"
3)  "first"
4)  "second"

Redis Script Commands

The following table lists the commonly used redis script commands: