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etcdctl:tldr:a6167
etcdctl: Display the value associated with a specified key.
$ etcdctl get ${my-key}
try on your machine
This command is using the etcdctl command-line tool to retrieve the value stored in a key called ${my-key}
from a running etcd cluster.
etcdctl
: This is the executable command-line tool for interacting with an etcd cluster.get
: It is a subcommand ofetcdctl
that is used to retrieve the value of a key from etcd.${my-key}
: This is a placeholder for the actual key name. It is written in a format commonly used in bash scripting to denote a variable.
When executing this command, you would replace ${my-key}
with the actual key name you want to retrieve. For example, if you have a key named foo
, you would run etcdctl get foo
.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.