Index: bin/hirb.rb =================================================================== --- bin/hirb.rb (revision 783254) +++ bin/hirb.rb (working copy) @@ -258,6 +258,17 @@ NAME, VERSIONS, COMPRESSION, etc. Constants do not need to be quoted. Type 'Object.constants' to see a (messy) list of all constants in the environment. +Binary Keys +----------- +In case you are using binary keys and need to enter them into the shell then +use double-quotes to make use of hexadecimal or octed notations, for example: + + hbase> get 't1', "key\\x03\\x3f\\xcd" + hbase> get 't1', "key\\003\\023\\011" + +Using the double-quote notation you can directly use the values output by the +shell for example during a "scan" call. + This HBase shell is the JRuby IRB with the above HBase-specific commands added. For more on the HBase Shell, see http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/Hbase/Shell HERE