Someone just mentioned this. [root@etl02 ~]# cat /usr/bin/hive export HADOOP_HOME=/opt/hadoop-0.20.2-shell-prod exec /opt/hive-0.7.0/bin/hive --config /opt/hive-conf/prod "$@"
Make sure it ends with "$@" no $@ On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Abhishek Parolkar <abhis...@viki.com> wrote: > Hi All: > > I am trying to get -e option in hive CLI work for me. Looks like it isn't > straight forward. > > > hadoopnode1:~ hadoop$ hive > hive> desc temp_logs; > OK > log_time string > namespace string > json string > ds string > hour string > Time taken: 2.832 seconds > hive> exit; > > > > hadoopnode1:~ hadoop$ hive -e "desc temp_logs;" > FAILED: Parse Error: line 1:0 cannot recognize input near 'desc' '<EOF>' > '<EOF>' in describe statement > > > > What is -e expecting the query to be? > > > > -v_abhi_v > >
