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Mike Drob commented on HBASE-20282: ----------------------------------- Old output: {code} 2018-03-27 22:03:01,405 ERROR [main] util.AbstractHBaseTool: Error running command-line tool java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Either -write or -update or -read has to be specified at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.LoadTestTool.processOptions(LoadTestTool.java:385) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.AbstractHBaseTool.run(AbstractHBaseTool.java:151) at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner.run(ToolRunner.java:70) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.AbstractHBaseTool.doStaticMain(AbstractHBaseTool.java:271) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.LoadTestTool.main(LoadTestTool.java:790) {code} New output: {code} mdrob@mdrob-MBP:~/IdeaProjects/hbase$ bin/hbase ltt 2018-03-27 21:52:53,428 ERROR [main] util.AbstractHBaseTool: Must specify either -init_only or at least one of -read, -write, -update 2018-03-27 21:52:53,429 ERROR [main] util.AbstractHBaseTool: Use -h or --help for usage instructions. {code} > Provide short name invocations for useful tools > ----------------------------------------------- > > Key: HBASE-20282 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-20282 > Project: HBase > Issue Type: Bug > Components: documentation, tooling > Reporter: Mike Drob > Priority: Major > Labels: beginner > > We have some tooling that can be made more friendly. > {{bin/hbase ltt}} with no arguments should print usage instead of a stack > trace. > {{bin/hbase canary}} usage should refer to itself as {{canary}} not > {{o.a.h.h.tool.Canary}} > {{bin/hbase org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.RegionSplitter}} should be shortened > to {{bin/hbase regionsplitter}}. Usage should be updated to reflect the short > name. > The fix here MUST also include updates to the book/documentation for the > tools. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)