# mosquitto_sub > A simple MQTT version 3.1.1 client that will subscribe to topics and print the messages that it receives. > More information: . - Subscribe to the topic `sensors/temperature` information with Quality of Service (`QoS`) set to 1. (The default hostname is `localhost` and port 1883): `mosquitto_sub {{[-t|--topic]}} {{sensors/temperature}} {{[-q|--qos]}} {{1}}` - Subscribe to all broker status messages publishing on `iot.eclipse.org` port 1885 and print published messages verbosely: `mosquitto_sub {{[-v|--verbose]}} {{[-h|--host]}} "iot.eclipse.org" {{[-p|--port]}} 1885 {{[-t|--topic]}} {{\$SYS/#}}` - Subscribe to multiple topics matching a given pattern. (+ takes any metric name): `mosquitto_sub {{[-t|--topic]}} {{sensors/machines/+/temperature/+}}`