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usage: hive
-d,--define <key=value> Variable subsitution to apply to hive
commands. e.g. -d A=B or --define A=B
--database <databasename> Specify the database to use
-e <quoted-query-string> SQL from command line
-f <filename> SQL from files
-H,--help Print help information
--hiveconf <property=value> Use value for given property
--hivevar <key=value> Variable subsitution to apply to hive
commands. e.g. --hivevar A=B
-i <filename> Initialization SQL file
-S,--silent Silent mode in interactive shell
-v,--verbose Verbose mode (echo executed SQL to the
console)
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Example
Example of running a query from the command line
No Format $HIVE_HOME/bin/hive -e 'select a.foo from pokes a'
Example of setting Hive configuration variables
No Format $HIVE_HOME/bin/hive -e 'select a.foo from pokes a' --hiveconf hive.exec.scratchdir=/opt/my/hive_scratch --hiveconf mapred.reduce.tasks=1
Example of dumping data out from a query into a file using silent mode
No Format $HIVE_HOME/bin/hive -S -e 'select a.foo from pokes a'> a.txt
Example of running a script non-interactively from local disk
No Format $HIVE_HOME/bin/hive -f /home/my/hive-script.sql
Example of running a script non-interactively from a Hadoop supported filesystem (starting in Hive 0.14)
No Format $HIVE_HOME/bin/hive -f hdfs://<namenode>:<port>/hive-script.sql
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