exists

Definition

Checks whether the table exists.

Usage

exists '[<namespace_name>:]<table_name>'
Arguments
Parameter Description

namespace_name

A namespace name

table_name

A table name

Examples

Checking an existing table

hbase(main):017:0> exists 't1'
Table t1 does exist
Took 0.0077 seconds
=> true

Checking a non-existent table

hbase(main):018:0> exists 'ns1:t1'
Table ns1:t1 does not exist
Took 0.0072 seconds
=> false
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