HBase Shell¶

General Commands¶

  • status
  • version
  • table_help
  • whoami

Data Definition Language¶

  • create
  • list - Lists all the tables in HBase.
  • disable
  • is_disabled
  • enable
  • is_enabled
  • describe
  • alter
  • exists
  • drop
  • drop_all
  • Java Admin API

Data Manipulation Language¶

  • put
  • get
  • delete
  • deleteall
  • scan - Scans and returns the table data.
  • count
  • truncate
  • Java client API

Starting HBase Shell¶

./bin/hbase shell

Results¶

@shell.hbase.configuration.get("hbase.zookeeper.quorum")
@shell.hbase.configuration.get("hbase.zookeeper.property.clientPort")
@shell.hbase.configuration.get("hbase.master.info.port")
@shell.hbase.configuration.get("hbase.master.port")
@shell.hbase.configuration.get("hbase.rootdir")
@shell.hbase.configuration.get("hbase.zookeeper.property.dataDir")

References¶