Kill idle Redis connections

hitman.py

import redis
import re

idle_max = 300

r = redis.Redis(host="localhost", port=6379, password=None)
l = r.execute_command("client", "list")

pattern = r"addr=(.*?) .*? idle=(\d*)"
regex = re.compile(pattern)
for match in regex.finditer(l):
    if int(match.group(2)) > idle_max:
        r.execute_command("client", "kill", match.group(1))

To use, edit and set idle_max to required value, as well as the connection properties. Once done, execute from the shell by doing:

$ python hitman.py

(and don't forget to 'sudo pip install redis' if you haven't already...)