cbt tool Google Professional Data Engineer GCP

In this, we will learn about the cbt tool of Google Professional Data Engineer GCP.

Usage:

cbt [-<option> <option-argument>] <command> <required-argument> [optional-argument]

The commands are:

count – Count rows in a table
createinstanceCreate an instance with an initial cluster
createcluster – Create a cluster in the configured instance
createfamily – Create a column family
createtable – Create a table
updatecluster – Update a cluster in the configured instance
deleteinstanceDelete an instance
deletecluster – Delete a cluster from the configured instance
deletecolumn – Delete all cells in a column
deletefamily – Delete a column family
deleterow – Delete a row
deleteallrows – Delete all rows
deletetable – Delete a table
doc – Print godoc-suitable documentation for cbt
help – Print help text
listinstances – List instances in a project
listclusters – List clusters in an instance
lookup -Read from a single row
ls -List tables and column families
mddoc – Print documentation for cbt in Markdown format
read – Read rows
set – Set value of a cell (write)
setgcpolicy – Set the garbage-collection policy (age, versions) for a column family
waitforreplicationBlock until all the completed writes have been replicated to all the clusters
version – Print the current cbt version
createappprofile Create app profile for an instance
getappprofile – Read app profile for an instance
listappprofileLists app profile for an instance
updateappprofile Update app profile for an instance
deleteappprofile Delete app profile for an instance

The options are:

-project string : project ID. If unset uses gcloud configured project
-instance string :Cloud Bigtable instance
-creds string: Path to the credentials file. If set, uses the application credentials in this file