EXISTS

Determines whether one or more keys exist.

Usage

EXISTS key [key…]

Description

Returns if key exists.

The user should be aware that if the same existing key is mentioned in the arguments multiple times, it will be counted multiple times. So if somekey exists, EXISTS somekey somekey will return 2.

Reply

Integer reply: the number of keys that exist from those specified as arguments.

Complexity

O(N) where N is the number of keys to check.

ACL Categories

@fast @keyspace @read

Examples

127.0.0.1:6379> SET key1 "Hello"
OK
127.0.0.1:6379> EXISTS key1
(integer) 1
127.0.0.1:6379> EXISTS nosuchkey
(integer) 0
127.0.0.1:6379> SET key2 "World"
OK
127.0.0.1:6379> EXISTS key1 key2 nosuchkey
(integer) 2

History

• 1.0.0: Introduced.
• 3.0.3: Accepts multiple key arguments.

See also

COPY, DEL, DUMP, EXPIRE, EXPIREAT, EXPIRETIME, KEYS, MIGRATE, MOVE, OBJECT, OBJECT ENCODING, OBJECT FREQ, OBJECT HELP, OBJECT IDLETIME, OBJECT REFCOUNT, PERSIST, PEXPIRE, PEXPIREAT, PEXPIRETIME, PTTL, RANDOMKEY, RENAME, RENAMENX, RESTORE, SCAN, SORT, SORT_RO, TOUCH, TTL, TYPE, UNLINK, WAIT, WAITAOF.