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cbt — Utility for reading data from Google Cloud's Bigtable. More information: <https://docs.cloud.google.

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Problem

How to use the cbt command: Utility for reading data from Google Cloud's Bigtable. More information: <https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/cbt-reference>.

Solution

cbt — Utility for reading data from Google Cloud's Bigtable. More information: <https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/cbt-reference>.

List tables in the current project:

cbt ls

Print count of rows in a specific table in the current project:

cbt count "{{table_name}}"

Display a single row from a specific table with only 1 (most recent) cell revision per column in the current project:

cbt lookup "{{table_name}}" "{{row_key}}" cells-per-column={{1}}

Display a single row with only specific column(s) (omit qualifier to return entire family) in the current project:

cbt lookup "{{table_name}}" "{{row_key}}" columns="{{family1:qualifier1,family2:qualifier2,...}}"

Search up to 5 rows in the current project by a specific regex pattern and print them:

cbt read "{{table_name}}" regex="{{row_key_pattern}}" count={{5}}

Read a specific range of rows and print only returned row keys in the current project:

cbt read {{table_name}} start={{start_row_key}} end={{end_row_key}} keys-only=true

Code Snippets

List tables in the current project

cbt ls

Print count of rows in a specific table in the current project

cbt count "{{table_name}}"

Display a single row from a specific table with only 1 (most recent) cell revision per column in the current project

cbt lookup "{{table_name}}" "{{row_key}}" cells-per-column={{1}}

Display a single row with only specific column(s) (omit qualifier to return entire family) in the current project

cbt lookup "{{table_name}}" "{{row_key}}" columns="{{family1:qualifier1,family2:qualifier2,...}}"

Search up to 5 rows in the current project by a specific `regex` pattern and print them

cbt read "{{table_name}}" regex="{{row_key_pattern}}" count={{5}}

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tldr-pages: common/cbt

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