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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+import sys
+
+from pyhbase.connection import HBaseConnection
+
+# TODO(hammer): Use optparse or python-gflags here
+if __name__=="__main__":
+  def usage():
+    print """
+  Usage: %s [-h host[:port]] command [arg1 [arg2...]]
+
+  Commands:
+      show_tables
+      describe_table table_name
+      get_table_regions table_name
+      is_table_enabled table_name
+
+      enable_table table_name
+      disable_table table_name
+      compact table_name
+      major_compact table_name
+
+      get table_name row_id
+      get_cell_versions table_name row_id column number_of_versions
+
+      put table_name row_id column_family column value
+
+      delete_row table_name row_id
+      delete_cells table_name row_id column
+
+      scan table_name start_row_id column_or_column_family number_of_rows
+  """ % sys.argv[0]
+
+  if len(sys.argv) <= 1 or sys.argv[1] == '--help':
+    usage()
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+  host = 'localhost'
+  port = 9090
+  argi = 1
+
+  if sys.argv[argi] == '-h':
+    parts = sys.argv[argi+1].split(':')
+    host = parts[0]
+    if len(parts) == 2:
+      port = int(parts[1])
+    argi += 2
+
+  cmd = sys.argv[argi]
+  args = sys.argv[argi+1:]
+
+  connection = HBaseConnection(host, port)
+
+  if cmd == 'show_tables':
+    if len(args) != 0:
+      usage()
+      sys.exit(1)
+    print connection.show_tables(*args)
+  elif cmd == 'describe_table':
+    if len(args) != 1:
+      usage()
+      sys.exit(1)
+    print connection.describe_table(*args)
+  elif cmd == 'get_table_regions':
+    if len(args) != 1:
+      usage()
+      sys.exit(1)
+    print connection.get_table_regions(*args)
+  elif cmd == 'is_table_enabled':
+    if len(args) != 1:
+      usage()
+      sys.exit(1)
+    print connection.is_table_enabled(*args)
+  elif cmd == 'enable_table':
+    if len(args) != 1:
+      usage()
+      sys.exit(1)
+    print connection.enable_table(*args)
+  elif cmd == 'disable_table':
+    if len(args) != 1:
+      usage()
+      sys.exit(1)
+    print connection.disable_table(*args)
+  elif cmd == 'compact':
+    if len(args) != 1:
+      usage()
+      sys.exit(1)
+    print connection.compact(*args)
+  elif cmd == 'major_compact':
+    if len(args) != 1:
+      usage()
+      sys.exit(1)
+    print connection.major_compact(*args)
+  elif cmd == 'get':
+    if len(args) != 2:
+      usage()
+      sys.exit(1)
+    print connection.get(*args)
+  elif cmd == 'get_cell_versions':
+    if len(args) != 4:
+      usage()
+      sys.exit(1)
+    print connection.get_cell_versions(*args)
+  elif cmd == 'put':
+    if len(args) != 5:
+      usage()
+      sys.exit(1)
+    print connection.put(*args)
+  elif cmd == 'delete_row':
+    if len(args) != 2:
+      usage()
+      sys.exit(1)
+    print connection.delete_row(*args)
+  elif cmd == 'delete_cells':
+    if len(args) != 3:
+      usage()
+      sys.exit(1)
+    print connection.delete_cellsn(*args)
+  elif cmd == 'scan':
+    if len(args) != 4:
+      usage()
+      sys.exit(1)
+    print connection.scan(*args)
+  else:
+    usage()
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+  connection.close()
+