Redis BLPOP Command Explained

In Redis, the BLPOP command is the blocking version of the LPOP command. It blocks the connection when there are no elements to pop from any of the given lists.

The way the command works is that an element is popped from the head of the first list that is non-empty, with the given keys being checked in the order that they are given. When there are no elements to pop from any of the lists, it blocks the connection.

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