NAME

       pycassaShell - interactive Cassandra python shell

SYNOPSIS

       pycassaShell [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

       pycassaShell  is  an interactive Cassandra python shell. It is useful for exploring Cassandra, especially
       for those who are just beginning.

       It is recommended that you have IPython, an enhanced interactive python  shell,  installed.  pycassaShell
       will  invoke ipython underneath to provide extra functionality if it is installed. However, it will still
       work without it.

       When pycassaShell starts, it creates a ColumnFamily object for  every  existing  column  family  in  your
       Cassandra  cluster  and  prints  the  names of the objects. You can use these to insert and retrieve data
       easily from Cassandra.

       pycassaShell acts similarly to the standard Python (or IPython) REPL. To use, enter Python expressions at
       the prompt and hit Enter to see the results.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              Show a help message and exit

       -k KEYSPACE, --keyspace=KEYSPACE
              Name of the Cassandra keyspace to which pycassaShell should attach

       -H HOST, --host=HOST
              Hostname of a Cassandra node

       -p PORT, --port=PORT
              Thrift port number for that Cassandra node

       -u USER, --user=USER
              Username (for simple auth)

       -P PASSWD, --passwd=PASSWD
              Password (for simple auth)

       -S, --streaming
              Use streaming transport (for Cassandra 0.6.x and below)

       -F, --framed
              Use framed transport (for Cassandra 0.7.x and above). This is the default transport.

       -f FILE, --file=FILE
              Run a script after startup

SEE ALSO

       For more information on the interactive Python/IPython prompt, see python(1) or ipython(1).

       For more information on the extra Pycassa objects made available in  the  pycassaShell  environment,  see
       /usr/share/doc/pycassa-doc/manual/pycassa_shell.html in the pycassa-doc package.

AUTHOR

       Tyler Hobbs <pycassa.maintainer@gmail.com>

                                                    June 2011                                    pycassaShell(1)