kcat:tldr:c1800

kcat: Publish message by reading from `stdin`.

$ echo ${message} | kcat -P -t ${topic} -b ${brokers}

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This command is using the echo command to pipe the value of the ${message} variable to the kcat command with some specific parameters.

Here is the breakdown of each component:

echo ${message}: The echo command prints the value of the ${message} variable. It is then piped (|) to the next command.
kcat: It is a command-line tool used for reading from and writing to Apache Kafka clusters.
-P: This option is used to produce/write messages to the Kafka cluster.
-t ${topic}: Specifies the topic to which the messages will be produced. The ${topic} refers to a variable that should be replaced with the actual name of the topic.
-b ${brokers}: Specifies the list of Kafka brokers to connect to. The ${brokers} refers to a variable that should be replaced with the actual list of Kafka brokers' addresses.

In summary, this command reads the value of the ${message} variable and sends it as a message to a Kafka topic specified in ${topic} using the Kafka brokers listed in ${brokers}.

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.

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