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More Actions: This page describes the JRuby IRB-based HBase Shell. It replaces the SQL-like HQL , the Shell found in HBase versions 0.1.x and previous. Some discussion of new shell requirements can be found in the Shell Replacement document. To run the shell, do $ ${HBASE_HOME}/bin/hbase shell You'll be presented with a prompt like the following: HBase Shell; enter 'help' for list of supported commands. Version: 0.2.0-dev, r670701, Mon Jun 23 17:26:36 PDT 2008 hbase(main):001:0> Type 'help' followed by a return to get a listing of commands. Commands hbase(main):001:

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