Cassandra CQLsh
Cassandra CQLsh stands for Cassandra CQL shell. CQLsh specifies how to use Cassandra commands. After installation, Cassandra provides a prompt Cassandra query language shell (cqlsh). It facilitates users to communicate with it.
Cassandra commands are executed on CQLsh. It looks like this:
Start CQLsh:
CQLsh provides a lot of options which you can see in the following table:
Options |
Usage |
help |
This command is used to show help topics about the options of CQLsh commands. |
version |
it is used to see the version of the CQLsh you are using. |
color |
it is used for colored output. |
debug |
It shows additional debugging information. |
execute |
It is used to direct the shell to accept and execute a CQL command. |
file= "file name" |
By using this option, cassandra executes the command in the given file and exits. |
no-color |
It directs cassandra not to use colored output. |
u "username" |
Using this option, you can authenticate a user. The default user name is: cassandra. |
p "password" |
Using this option, you can authenticate a user with a password. The default password is: cassandra. |
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