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Hive uses log4j for logging. By default logs are not emitted to the console by the CLI. The default logging level is WARN and the for Hive releases prior to 0.13.0. Starting with Hive 0.13.0, the default logging level is INFO. The logs are stored in the folder:
/tmp/<user.name>/hive.log
Note: In local mode, the log file name is ".log" instead of "hive.log". This is a bug which will be fixed in a future release 0.13.0 (see HIVE-5528 and HIVE-5676).
If the user wishes – the logs can be emitted to the console by adding the arguments shown below:
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