[HADOOP-3230] Add command line access to named counters

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.18.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.18.0
• Component/s: scripts
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Release Note: Added command line tool "job -counter <job-id> <group-name> <counter-name>" to access counters.
• Assignee: Thomas White
• Reporter: Thomas White
• Created: 10/Apr/08 11:11
• Updated: 22/Aug/08 19:50
• Resolved: 06/Jun/08 18:50

Description

It would be convenient to be able to access counters by name from the command line. Example usage:

bin/hadoop job -counter <job-id> <group-name> <counter-name>

Issue Links

• is blocked by: HADOOP-1915 adding counters methods using String (as opposed to Enum)