Simple Python script to take a file and generate Redis protocol

generate_redis.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys

def gen_redis_proto(*args):
  proto = ''
  proto += '*' + str(len(args)) + '\r\n'
  for arg in args:
    proto += '$' + str(len(arg)) + '\r\n'
    proto += str(arg) + '\r\n'
  return proto

with open(sys.argv[1]) as data_file:
  for line in data_file:
    sys.stdout.write(gen_redis_proto("LPUSH", sys.argv[1], line))

List name used is the name of the file.

Usage:

generate_redis.py [FILENAME] | redis-cli