Redis UNLINK Command Explained

In Redis, the UNLINK command removes the specified keys. It’s similar to the DEL command, except that it performs the memory reclaiming in a different thread, so it is not blocking. The DEL command, on the other hand, doesn’t do this.

More specifically, the UNLINK command unlinks the keys from the keyspace, and then removes it later asynchronously.

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Redis RENAMENX Command Explained

In Redis, the RENAMENX command renames a key, but only if the new key doesn’t already exist.

RENAMENX is similar to the RENAME command, except that it only renames the key if the new one doesn’t already exist. The RENAME command on the other hand, will overwrite the new key if it already exists.

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Redis RESTORE Command Explained

In Redis, the RESTORE command creates a key associated with a value that is obtained by deserialising the provided serialised value (obtained via the DUMP command).

The serialisation format contains a 64-bit checksum, as well as the RDB version. The RESTORE command checks the RDB version and data checksum. If they don’t match an error is returned.

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Redis GETRANGE Command Explained

In Redis, the GETRANGE command allows us to get part of a string at a given key, starting and ending at the specified offsets.

The GETRANGE command replaced the SUBSTR command, which basically does the same thing. The SUBSTR command is now considered deprecated (as of Redis 2.0.0).

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