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usage: hive -d,--define <key=value> Variable substitution to apply to hive commands. e.g. -d A=B or --define A=B -e <quoted-query-string> SQL from command line -f <filename> SQL from files -H,--help Print help information -h <hostname> Connecting to Hive Server on remote host --hiveconf <property=value> Use value for given property --hivevar <key=value> Variable substitution to apply to hive commands. e.g. --hivevar A=B -i <filename> Initialization SQL file -p <port> Connecting to Hive Server on port number -S,--silent Silent mode in interactive shell -v,--verbose Verbose mode (echo executed SQL to the console) |
See Variable Substitution for examples of using the hiveconf
option.
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As of Hive 0.10.0 there is one additional command line option:
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Another command line option, --service
, can be used for the Hive Thrift Server or HiveServer2. See Hive Server and Setting Up HiveServer2.
Examples
See Variable Substitution for examples of using the hiveconf
option.
- Example of running a query from the command line
Code Block $HIVE_HOME/bin/hive -e 'select a.col from tab1 a'
- Example of setting Hive configuration variables
Code Block $HIVE_HOME/bin/hive -e 'select a.col from tab1 a' -hiveconf hive.exec.scratchdir=/home/my/hive_scratch -hiveconf mapred.reduce.tasks=32
- Example of dumping data out from a query into a file using silent mode
Code Block $HIVE_HOME/bin/hive -S -e 'select a.col from tab1 a' > a.txt
- Example of running a script non-interactively
Code Block $HIVE_HOME/bin/hive -f /home/my/hive-script.sql
- Example of running an initialization script before entering interactive mode
Code Block $HIVE_HOME/bin/hive -i /home/my/hive-init.sql
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quit | Use quit or exit to leave the interactive shell. | ||
reset | Resets the configuration to the default values (as of Hive 0.10: see HIVE-3202). | ||
set <key>=<value> | Sets the value of a particular configuration variable (key). | ||
set | Prints a list of configuration variables that are overridden by the user or Hive. | ||
set -v | Prints all Hadoop and Hive configuration variables. | ||
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<ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="70e1c31e3f5a5404-8bef5277-499a4357-9538bc19-9d9999bc84345cc29367cc44"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[ | list FILE[S] | Lists the resources already added to the distributed cache. | ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> |
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! <command> | Executes a shell command from the Hive shell. | ||
dfs <dfs command> | Executes a dfs command from the Hive shell. | ||
<query string> | Executes a Hive query and prints results to standard output. | ||
source FILE <filepath> | Executes a script file inside the CLI. |
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