Index: hbase-server/src/main/ruby/shell/commands.rb =================================================================== --- hbase-server/src/main/ruby/shell/commands.rb (revision 1498743) +++ hbase-server/src/main/ruby/shell/commands.rb (working copy) @@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ rescue org.apache.hadoop.hbase.exceptions.NoSuchColumnFamilyException valid_cols = table(args.first).get_all_columns.map { |c| c + '*' } raise "Unknown column family! Valid column names: #{valid_cols.join(", ")}" - rescue org.apache.hadoop.hbase.exceptions.TableExistsException - raise "Table already exists: #{args.first}!" end end end