HBase Clients - HBase Essentials - page 92

To exit from the HBase shell, the exit or quit command is used as follows:

hbase(main):002:0> quit

Once the HBase shell is started, you can type in help , and then, click on Return to get
the help text and the list of all the commands, as shown in the following screenshot:

Let's take a look at the various commands available with the HBase shell.

Data deinition commands
The following table shows the list of frequently used data deinition commands
that can be used from the HBase shell:

Command Description

create

Creates a new table

alter

Modifies an existing table schema

disable Disables a table

drop Drops a table

enable Enables a table

describe Prints the table descriptor

exists Checks whether a table exists

list Returns a list of all user tables