---
name: "memcping"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmemcached-tools"
version: "1.1.4-1.1+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/memcping"
---

# memcping(1)

libmemcached Documentation

## NAME

memping - libmemcached Documentation

## SYNOPSIS

memping \[options\] \[server\]

Test for availability of a server

## DESCRIPTION

**memping** can be used to ping a memcached server to see if it is accepting connections.

## OPTIONS

- **-h\|--help**

  Display help.

- **-V\|--version**

  Display version.

- **-q\|--quiet**

  Operate quietly.

- **-v\|--verbose**

  Operate more verbosely.

- **-d\|--debug**

  See *-v\|--verbose*.

- **-u\|--username \<username\>**

  Use *username* for SASL authentication.

- **-p\|--password \<password\>**

  Use *password* for SASL authentication.

- **-s\|--servers \<list of servers\>**

  Specify the list of servers as *hostname\[:port\]\[,hostname\[:port\]...\]*.

## ENVIRONMENT

- **MEMCACHED\_SERVERS**

  Specify a list of servers.

## NOTES

### PROGRAM PREFIX

The prefix of this program is variable, i.e. it can be configured at build time.

Usually the client programs of **libmemcached-awesome** are prefixed with **mem**, like **memcat** or **memcp**.

It can be configured, though, to replace the prefix with something else like **mc**, in case of that, the client programs of **libmemcached-awesome** would be called **mccat**, **mccp**, etc. respectively.

## SEE ALSO

*[memcached(1)](/memcached/1.md)* *[libmemcached(3)](/libmemcached/3.md)*

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  *C/C++ Client Library for memcached*