[IMPALA-209] desc <tablename> shorthand for describe <tablename>, similar to how databases have

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 0.6
• Fix Version/s: Impala 0.7
• Component/s: Clients
• Labels: shell
• Assignee: Ishaan Joshi
• Reporter: Hari Sekhon
• Created: 08/Apr/13 21:21
• Updated: 28/Dec/15 17:43
• Resolved: 09/Apr/13 01:38

Description

It would be nice if you could type

desc <tablename>

in impala-shell as shorthand for

describe <tablename>

similar to how you can with databases.