Yes, that is correct. Thanks, Yong Zheng
On 2026/02/23 22:58:23 Dmitri Bourlatchkov wrote: > Hi Yong, > > Adding these features to the CLI sounds useful to me. > > We can obtain relevant data via REST APIs, right? > > Cheers, > Dmitri > > On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 1:57 AM Yong Zheng <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > The current CLI is primarily used to interact with various entities in > > Iceberg. Oftentimes, the CLI itself is not very handy after the initial > > bootstrap or after entity modification. For example, if I need to look up > > how many tables there are under a given namespace or the number of > > snapshots a given table has, I would need to switch to a different tool > > (e.g., pyiceberg, Trino, Spark) to write some queries or run some > > predefined scripts to obtain this information. Thus, I am wondering if we > > should enrich the current CLI with a bit more functionality around > > statistics to fulfill the following more use cases such as: > > 1. Number of tables under a given namespace > > 2. Table metadata statistics report (number of snapshots, snapshot size, > > number of partitions, etc.) > > 3. Table storage location and size > > 4. Table current effective policies > > 5. Table diagnostics (e.g., too many small files) > > > > Thanks, > > Yong Zheng > > >
