HBase Shell

Start HBase shell

% hbase shell 

Try the following commands

hbase(main):001:0> status
hbase(main):003:0> list
hbase(main):004:0> create 'Sales','Transactions'
hbase(main):006:0> put 'Sales','1','Transactions:Date','20160501'
hbase(main):007:0> put 'Sales','1','Transactions:Amount','3000'
hbase(main):008:0> scan 'Sales'
hbase(main):009:0> exit