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  1. HBase
  2. HBASE-5534

HBase shell's return value is almost always 0

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    • Improvement
    • Status: Closed
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
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    • shell
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    Description

      So I was trying to write some simple scripts to verify client connections to HBase using the shell and I noticed that the HBase shell always returns 0 even when it can't connect to an HBase server. I'm not sure if this is the best option. What would be neat is if you had some capability to run commands like

      hbase shell --command='disable table;\ndrop table;' and it would error out if any of the commands fail to succeed. echo "disable table" | hbase shell could continue to work as it does now.

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          is related to

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. HBASE-11658 Piped commands to hbase shell should return non-zero if shell command failed.

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed
          relates to

          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. HBASE-781 [shell] The hbase shell should allow to assign the result of a command to a variable

          • Minor - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
          • Closed

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              posix4e Alex Newman
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