hive

CLI tool for Apache Hive. More information: <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/LanguageManual+Cli>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/hive.sh
Fedora
dnf install hive
OS X
brew install hive

CLI tool for Apache Hive. More information: <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/LanguageManual+Cli>.

  • Start a Hive interactive shell:
    hive
  • Run HiveQL:
    hive -e "hiveql_query"
  • Run a HiveQL file with a variable substitution:
    hive --define key=value -f path/to/file.sql
  • Run a HiveQL with HiveConfig (e.g. `mapred.reduce.tasks=32`):
    hive --hiveconf conf_name=conf_value

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