Showing the system CF's such as hints, migrations and location info is not helpful to most. Although once or twice i have had fun poking around in them. Removing that might make 'show keyspaces' have smaller output.
Edward On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Jeremy Hanna <jeremy.hanna1...@gmail.com>wrote: > > On Nov 29, 2011, at 12:25 PM, Don Smith wrote: > > > cli's "show keyspaces" command shows way too much information by default. > > > > I think by default it should show just one line per keyspace. A "-v" > option could show more info. > > If you are using 1.x, there is a describe command for specific keyspaces > and column families - not exactly what you mean, but cuts down on the > information overload that is show keyspaces :). For details do help; on > the 1.x cli or see https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-2630 > > > > > What GUI alternatives are there to cli for browsing a cassandra ring? > > > > Lots of people WILL use cli, so it should be spiffy. > > > > Thanks, Don > >