Cqlsh: Get help of cqlsh commands

Open terminal and execute the command ‘cqlsh –help’, it lists all the available commands.

$ cqlsh --help
Usage: cqlsh.py [options] [host [port]]

CQL Shell for Apache Cassandra

Options:
  --version             show program's version number and exit
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -C, --color           Always use color output
  --no-color            Never use color output
  --browser=BROWSER     The browser to use to display CQL help, where BROWSER
                        can be:
                        - one of the supported browsers in
                        https://docs.python.org/2/library/webbrowser.html.
                        - browser path followed by %s, example: /usr/bin
                        /google-chrome-stable %s
  --ssl                 Use SSL
  --no_compact          No Compact
  -u USERNAME, --username=USERNAME
                        Authenticate as user.
  -p PASSWORD, --password=PASSWORD
                        Authenticate using password.
  -k KEYSPACE, --keyspace=KEYSPACE
                        Authenticate to the given keyspace.
  -f FILE, --file=FILE  Execute commands from FILE, then exit
  --debug               Show additional debugging information
  --encoding=ENCODING   Specify a non-default encoding for output. (Default:
                        utf-8)
  --cqlshrc=CQLSHRC     Specify an alternative cqlshrc file location.
  --cqlversion=CQLVERSION
                        Specify a particular CQL version, by default the
                        highest version supported by the server will be used.
                        Examples: "3.0.3", "3.1.0"
  --protocol-version=PROTOCOL_VERSION
                        Specify a specific protcol version otherwise the
                        client will default and downgrade as necessary
  -e EXECUTE, --execute=EXECUTE
                        Execute the statement and quit.
  --connect-timeout=CONNECT_TIMEOUT
                        Specify the connection timeout in seconds (default: 5
                        seconds).
  --request-timeout=REQUEST_TIMEOUT
                        Specify the default request timeout in seconds
                        (default: 10 seconds).
  -t, --tty             Force tty mode (command prompt).

cql Connects to 127.0.0.1:9042 by default. These defaults can be changed by

setting $CQLSH_HOST and/or $CQLSH_PORT. When a host (and optional port number) is given on the command line, they take precedence over any defaults.

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