# COMMAND GETKEYS

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`COMMAND GETKEYS` is a helper command to let you find the keys
from the provided Redis `command`.


[`COMMAND`](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/command) describes how Redis identifies key names for each command, including `firstkey`, [key specifications](https://redis.io/docs/latest/develop/reference/key-specs#logical-operation-flags), and `movablekeys`. For some commands, Redis can identify the keys only by parsing the full command. Use COMMAND GETKEYS or [`COMMAND GETKEYSANDFLAGS`](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/command-getkeysandflags) to get the key names directly from the Redis command parser.

## Required arguments

<details open><summary><code>command</code></summary>

The name of the command to analyze.

</details>

## Optional arguments

<details open><summary><code>arg [arg ...]</code></summary>

The arguments that would be passed to the command.

</details>

## Examples


redis> COMMAND GETKEYS MSET a b c d e f
1) "a"
2) "c"
3) "e"
redis> COMMAND GETKEYS EVAL "not consulted" 3 key1 key2 key3 arg1 arg2 arg3 argN
1) "key1"
2) "key2"
3) "key3"
redis> COMMAND GETKEYS SORT mylist ALPHA STORE outlist
1) "mylist"
2) "outlist"


## Redis Software and Redis Cloud compatibility

| Redis<br />Software | Redis<br />Cloud | <span style="min-width: 9em; display: table-cell">Notes</span> |
|:----------------------|:-----------------|:------|
| <span title="Supported">&#x2705; Standard</span><br /><span title="Supported"><nobr>&#x2705; Active-Active</nobr></span> | <span title="Supported">&#x2705; Standard</span><br /><span title="Supported"><nobr>&#x2705; Active-Active</nobr></span> |  |

## Return information

**RESP2:**

[Array reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#arrays): list of keys from the given command.

**RESP3:**

[Array reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#arrays): a list of keys from the given command.