cqlsh/

Cassandra CQL Shell

DataStax/Apache

Interactive CQL shell for querying Apache Cassandra and DataStax databases.

Databases & Data

01Agent Notes

cqlsh is a CQL shell for Cassandra. It is interactive, not designed for scripting. Use `-e "CQL STATEMENT"` for non-interactive queries. Output is tabular. For programmatic access, use Cassandra drivers directly.

02Authentication

Methods

credentials

Env vars

CQLSH_HOSTCQLSH_PORT

Config files

~/.cassandra/cqlshrc

Docscassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/cassandra/tools/cqlsh.html

03Install

pip install cqlsh

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04Capabilities

Database Management

Reference

binarycqlsh

checkcqlsh --version

authcredentials

formatstabular

version6.2.1