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# rpk

> Manage Redpanda topics, clusters, groups, security, and more via a single binary.
> More information: <https://docs.redpanda.com/current/reference/rpk/>.

- Create a new topic:

`rpk topic create {{topic_name}}`

- Produce a message to a topic:

`rpk topic produce {{topic_name}}`

- Consume messages from multiple topics:

`rpk topic consume {{topic_name1 topic_name2 ...}}`

- List all topics:

`rpk topic list`

- Display cluster information:

`rpk cluster info`

- List all consumer groups:

`rpk group list`

- Describe a consumer group with lag information:

`rpk group describe {{group_name}}`

- Display version:

`rpk version`