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Dropping a Table using HBase Shell Using the drop command, you can delete a table. Before dropping a table, you have to disable it. hbase(main):018:0> disable 'emp' 0 row(s) in 1.4580 seconds…

Existence of Table using HBase Shell You can verify the existence of a table using the exists command. The following example shows how to use this command. hbase(main):024:0> exists 'emp' Table emp…

describe This command returns the description of the table. Its syntax is as follows: hbase> describe 'table name' Given below is the output of the describe command on the emp table. hbase(main):006:0>…

Enabling a Table using HBase Shell Syntax to enable a table: enable ‘emp’ Example Given below is an example to enable a table. hbase(main):005:0> enable 'emp' 0 row(s) in 0.4580…

Disabling a Table using HBase Shell To delete a table or change its settings, you need to first disable the table using the disable command. You can re-enable it using…

Listing a Table using HBase Shell The list is the command that is used to list all the table in HBase. Given below is the syntax of the list command.…