Flush Memcached

How to flush memcached

Flush Memcached

Flushing memcache is fairly easy, it can be done by using netcat or nc. You can also use telnet to issue the flush command.

Netcat technique:

echo 'flush_all' | netcat localhost 11211

Telnet technique:

$ telnet localhost 11211
Trying 192.168.1.10...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is ‘^]’.
flush_all
OK
quit
Connection to localhost closed by foreign host.

Reference for this information is found at Flush Contents of Memcache Instance.