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quit
exit

Use quit or exit to leave the interactive shell.

reset

Resets the configuration to the default values (as of Hive 0.10: see HIVE-3202).

set <key>=<value>

Sets the value of a particular configuration variable (key).
Note: If you misspell the variable name, the CLI will not show an error.

set

Prints a list of configuration variables that are overridden by the user or Hive.

set -v

Prints all Hadoop and Hive configuration variables.

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add FILE[S] <filepath> <filepath>*
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Adds one or more files, jars, or archives to the list of resources in the distributed cache.

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list FILE[S]
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Lists the resources already added to the distributed cache.

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list FILE[S] <filepath>*
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Checks whether the given resources are already added to the distributed cache or not.

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delete FILE[S] <filepath>*
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Removes the resource(s) from the distributed cache. ]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro>

! <command>

Executes a shell command from the Hive shell.

dfs <dfs command>

Executes a dfs command from the Hive shell.

<query string>

Executes a Hive query and prints results to standard output.

source FILE <filepath>

Executes a script file inside the CLI.

compile `<groovy string>` AS GROOVY NAMED <name>

This allows inline Groovy code to be compiled and be used as a UDF (as of Hive 0.13.0)