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Joe Stein updated KAFKA-1774: ----------------------------- Description: We should have a REPL we can work in and execute the commands with the arguments. With this we can do: ./kafka.sh --shell kafka>attach cluster -b localhost:9092; kafka>describe topic sampleTopicNameForExample; the command line version can work like it does now so folks don't have to re-write all of their tooling. kafka.sh --topics --everything the same like kafka-topics.sh is kafka.sh --reassign --everything the same like kafka-reassign-partitions.sh is was: We should have a REPL we can work in and execute the commands with the arguments. With this we can do: ./kafka.sh --shell kafka>attach cluster -b localhost:9092; kafka>describe topic sampleTopicNameForExample; the command line version can work like it does now so folks don't have to re-write all of their tooling. kafka.sh --topics --everything the same like kafka-topics.sh is kafka.sh --reassign --everything the same like kafka-reassign-partitions.sh is I think this part should reside in the client folder and be written in Go or Python (or Both) > REPL and Shell Client for Admin Message RQ/RP > --------------------------------------------- > > Key: KAFKA-1774 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-1774 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Sub-task > Reporter: Joe Stein > Fix For: 0.8.3 > > > We should have a REPL we can work in and execute the commands with the > arguments. With this we can do: > ./kafka.sh --shell > kafka>attach cluster -b localhost:9092; > kafka>describe topic sampleTopicNameForExample; > the command line version can work like it does now so folks don't have to > re-write all of their tooling. > kafka.sh --topics --everything the same like kafka-topics.sh is > kafka.sh --reassign --everything the same like kafka-reassign-partitions.sh > is -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)