[HBASE-3960] Add dump/load to the HBase shell

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: shell
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Joey Echeverria
• Created: 08/Jun/11 02:35
• Updated: 12/Jun/22 18:36
• Resolved: 29/Aug/12 21:04

Description

From the mailing list:

That would be a real nice feature though, imagine going to the shell,
and requesting a dump of your table.

> load into outfile/hdfs '/tmp/table_a' from table_a

Or something similar.

> load from outfile/hdfs – could power bulk uploader

Further discussion suggested that for large tables, the commands should launch a MR job (assuming a JobTracker is available).