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new 1fdb011270e MINOR: Fix topic option description in kafka-topics.sh
(#20865)
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commit 1fdb011270e85705b83db82e96f258abc11b786e
Author: Lan Ding <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Nov 13 21:36:59 2025 +0800
MINOR: Fix topic option description in kafka-topics.sh (#20865)
Update the --topic option description to clarify that regex symbols
don't require backslash escaping. Using wildcards directly in double
quotes (e.g. "test.*") works correctly.
Reviewers: Andrew Schofield <[email protected]>, Chia-Ping Tsai
<[email protected]>
---
tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/TopicCommand.java | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/TopicCommand.java
b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/TopicCommand.java
index b4444333500..3de4a8dc518 100644
--- a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/TopicCommand.java
+++ b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/TopicCommand.java
@@ -751,8 +751,7 @@ public abstract class TopicCommand {
KAFKA_CONFIGS_CLI_SUPPORTS_ALTERING_TOPIC_CONFIGS);
describeOpt = parser.accepts("describe", "List details for the
given topics.");
topicOpt = parser.accepts("topic", "The topic to create, alter,
describe or delete. It also accepts a regular " +
- "expression, except for --create option. Put topic
name in double quotes and use the '\\' prefix " +
- "to escape regular expression symbols; e.g.
\"test\\.topic\".")
+ "expression, except for --create option.")
.withRequiredArg()
.describedAs("topic")
.ofType(String.class);
