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# Consumers

Commands for updating consumer groups offsets.

Flags `--group` and `--topic` are mandatory and specify the consumer group ID and topic name respectively.

To affect all topics use the **—all-topics** flag.

| Flag            | Description                                      |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| `-g, --group`   | Set the Consumer Group ID                        |
| `-t, --topic`   | Set the topic name                               |
| `--all-topics`  | Select implicitly all the topics                 |
| `--topics`      | The topic to reset offsets for                   |
| `--partition`   | Set the partition ID                             |
| `--to-earliest` | Reset partition offset to earliest offset        |
| `--to-latest`   | Reset partition offset to latest offset          |
| `--to-offset`   | Reset the partition offset to the provided value |

{% hint style="info" %}
update-single-partition accepts only one --topic flag while update-multiple-partitions may accept multiple.
{% endhint %}

## Update a single topic’s partition offset to the specified value

```bash
lenses-cli consumers \
    offsets \
    update-single-partition \
    --group <group_name> \
    --topic <topic_name> \
    --partition <partition_id> \
    --to-offset <offset_id>
```

## Update to the earliest offset available <a href="#update-to-the-earliest-offset-available" id="update-to-the-earliest-offset-available"></a>

```bash
lenses-cli consumers \
    offsets \
    update-single-partition \
    --group <group_name> \
    --topic <topic_name> \
    --partition <partition_id> \
    --to-earliest
```

## Update to the latest offset available <a href="#update-to-the-latest-offset-available" id="update-to-the-latest-offset-available"></a>

```bash
lenses-cli consumers \
    offsets \
    update-single-partition \
    --group <group_name> \
    --topic <topic_name> \
    --partition <partition_id> \
    --to-latest
```

## Update given topics for all their partition offsets to the specified date time <a href="#update-given-topics-for-all-their-partition-offsets-to-the-specified-datetime" id="update-given-topics-for-all-their-partition-offsets-to-the-specified-datetime"></a>

```bash
lenses-cli consumers \
    offsets \
    update-multiple-partitions \
    --group <group_name> \
    --topic <topic_name> \
    --to-datetime <datetime>
```

## Reset given topics for all their partition offsets to the earliest offset possible <a href="#reset-given-topics-for-all-their-partitions-offsets-to-the-earliest-offset-possible" id="reset-given-topics-for-all-their-partitions-offsets-to-the-earliest-offset-possible"></a>

```bash
lenses-cli consumers \
    offsets \
    update-multiple-partitions \
    --group <group_name> \
    --topic <topic_name> \
    --to-earliest
```

## Reset given topics for all their partition offsets to the latest offset possible <a href="#reset-given-topics-for-all-their-partitions-offsets-to-the-latest-offset-possible" id="reset-given-topics-for-all-their-partitions-offsets-to-the-latest-offset-possible"></a>

```bash
lenses-cli consumers \
    offsets \
    update-multiple-partitions \
    --group <group_name> \
    --topic <topic_name> \
    --to-latest
```

## Reset offsets for all topics of this consumer group <a href="#reset-offsets-for-all-topics-of-this-consumer-group" id="reset-offsets-for-all-topics-of-this-consumer-group"></a>

```bash
lenses-cli consumers \
    offsets \
    update-multiple-partitions \
    --group <group_name> \
    --all-topics \
    --to-latest
```


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