HBase shell is a JRuby shell and wraps all Java classes in a ruby interface. You can actually use a RandomRowFilter with a 5% configuration to achieve what you need.
Regards, Dhaval ________________________________ From: Sudarshan Kadambi (BLOOMBERG/ 731 LEXIN) <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, 24 January 2014 6:15 PM Subject: Easiest way to get a random sample of keys Something like count 't1', {INTERVAL=>20} should give me every 20th row in table 't1'. Is there an easy way to get a random sample via. the shell using filters?
