Index: cli/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/cli/RCFileCat.java =================================================================== --- cli/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/cli/RCFileCat.java (revision 946374) +++ cli/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/cli/RCFileCat.java (working copy) @@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ public class RCFileCat implements Tool{ Configuration conf = null; + + private static String TAB ="\t"; + private static String NEWLINE ="\r\n"; @Override public int run(String[] args) throws Exception { @@ -82,7 +85,9 @@ BytesRefWritable v = value.get(i); txt.set(v.getData(), v.getStart(), v.getLength()); System.out.print(txt.toString()); + System.out.print(RCFileCat.TAB); } + System.out.print(RCFileCat.NEWLINE); } return 0; }