sstabledump

Dumps contents of given SSTable to standard output in JSON format.

The default location of this SSTable tool is <installation_location>/resources/cassandra/tools/bin.

Synopsis

sstabledump
[-d] [-e] [-k <partition_key>]
[-l] [-t] [-x <partition_key>]
<sstable_filepath>

Definition

If a parameter has multiple forms, the following reference provides both the short form and long form, separated by a comma.

-d

Print one CQL row per line.

-e

Print a list of partition keys.

-k, --key partition_key

Partition key to include.

-l

Output JSON lines, by partition.

-t

Print raw timestamps instead of ISO 8601 date strings.

-x, --exclude-key partition_key

Partition key to exclude. Ignored if -y option is given.

Examples

Dump contents of SSTable
sstabledump /var/lib/cassandra/data/cycling/birthday_list-f4f24621ce3f11e89d32bdcab3a99c6f/aa-1-bti-Statistics.db
[
  {
    "partition" : {
      "key" : [ "Claudio HEINEN" ],
      "position" : 0
    },
    "rows" : [
      {
        "type" : "row",
        "position" : 90,
        "liveness_info" : { "tstamp" : "2018-10-12T16:58:00.368228Z" },
        "cells" : [
          { "name" : "blist_", "deletion_info" : { "marked_deleted" : "2018-10-12T16:58:00.368227Z", "local_delete_time" : "2018-10-12T16:58:00Z" } },
          { "name" : "blist_", "path" : [ "bday" ], "value" : "27/07/1992" },
          { "name" : "blist_", "path" : [ "blist_age" ], "value" : "23" },
          { "name" : "blist_", "path" : [ "blist_nation" ], "value" : "GERMANY" }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "partition" : {
      "key" : [ "Claudio VANDELLI" ],
      "position" : 91
    },
    "rows" : [
      {
        "type" : "row",
        "position" : 179,
        "liveness_info" : { "tstamp" : "2018-10-12T16:58:00.354443Z" },
        "cells" : [
        { "name" : "blist_", "deletion_info" : { "marked_deleted" : "2018-10-12T16:58:00.354442Z", "local_delete_time" : "2018-10-12T16:58:00Z" } },
        { "name" : "blist_", "path" : [ "bday" ], "value" : "27/07/1961" },
        { "name" : "blist_", "path" : [ "blist_age" ], "value" : "54" },
        { "name" : "blist_", "path" : [ "blist_nation" ], "value" : "ITALY" }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "partition" : {
      "key" : [ "Luc HAGENAARS" ],
      "position" : 180
    },
    "rows" : [
      {
        "type" : "row",
        "position" : 275,
        "liveness_info" : { "tstamp" : "2018-10-12T16:58:00.374846Z" },
        "cells" : [
          { "name" : "blist_", "deletion_info" : { "marked_deleted" : "2018-10-12T16:58:00.374845Z", "local_delete_time" : "2018-10-12T16:58:00Z" } },
          { "name" : "blist_", "path" : [ "bday" ], "value" : "27/07/1987" },
          { "name" : "blist_", "path" : [ "blist_age" ], "value" : "28" },
          { "name" : "blist_", "path" : [ "blist_nation" ], "value" : "NETHERLANDS" }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
]
Show a row per line in standard output of the cycling.birthday_list table
sstabledump /var/lib/cassandra/data/cycling/birthday_list-e439b9222bc511e8891b23da85222d3d/aa-2-bti-Data.db -d
[Claudio HEINEN]@0 Row[info=[ts=1521498957445075] ]:  | , [blist[age]=23 ts=1521498957445075], [blist[bday]=27/07/1992 ts=1521498957445075], [blist[nation]=GERMANY ts=1521498957445075]
[Claudio VANDELLI]@76 Row[info=[ts=1521498957437559] ]:  | , [blist[age]=54 ts=1521498957437559], [blist[bday]=27/07/1961 ts=1521498957437559], [blist[nation]=ITALY ts=1521498957437559]
[Luc HAGENAARS]@152 Row[info=[ts=1521498957448698] ]:  | , [blist[age]=28 ts=1521498957448698], [blist[bday]=27/07/1987 ts=1521498957448698], [blist[nation]=NETHERLANDS ts=1521498957448698]
[Toine POELS]@232 Row[info=[ts=1521498957451068] ]:  | , [blist[age]=52 ts=1521498957451068], [blist[bday]=27/07/1963 ts=1521498957451068], [blist[nation]=NETHERLANDS ts=1521498957451068]
[Allan DAVIS]@310 Row[info=[ts=1521498957430478] ]:  | , [blist[age]=35 ts=1521498957430478], [blist[bday]=27/07/1980 ts=1521498957430478], [blist[nation]=AUSTRALIA ts=1521498957430478]
[Laurence BOURQUE]@384 Row[info=[ts=1521498957441360] ]:  | , [blist[age]=23 ts=1521498957441360], [blist[bday]=27/07/1992 ts=1521498957441360], [blist[nation]=CANADA ts=1521498957441360]
Display a list of partition keys from the cycling.birthday_list table
sstabledump /var/lib/cassandra/data/cycling/birthday_list-e439b9222bc511e8891b23da85222d3d/aa-2-bti-Data.db -e
[ [ "Claudio HEINEN" ], [ "Claudio VANDELLI" ], [ "Luc HAGENAARS" ], [ "Toine POELS" ], [ "Allan DAVIS" ], [ "Laurence BOURQUE" ] ]
Display all rows in the partition
sstabledump /var/lib/cassandra/data/cycling/birthday_list-e439b9222bc511e8891b23da85222d3d/aa-2-bti-Data.db -k "Claudio HEINEN"
{
    "partition" : {
      "key" : [ "Claudio HEINEN" ],
      "position" : 0
    },
    "rows" : [
      {
        "type" : "row",
        "position" : 75,
        "liveness_info" : { "tstamp" : "2018-03-19T22:35:57.445075Z" },
        "cells" : [
          { "name" : "blist", "path" : [ "age" ], "value" : "23" },
          { "name" : "blist", "path" : [ "bday" ], "value" : "27/07/1992" },
          { "name" : "blist", "path" : [ "nation" ], "value" : "GERMANY" }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
]
Display all rows except those in the specified partition
sstabledump /var/lib/cassandra/data/cycling/birthday_list-e439b9222bc511e8891b23da85222d3d/aa-2-bti-Data.db -x "Claudio HEINEN"
  {
    "partition" : {
      "key" : [ "Claudio VANDELLI" ],
      "position" : 0
    },
    "rows" : [
      {
        "type" : "row",
        "position" : 151,
        "liveness_info" : { "tstamp" : "2018-03-19T22:35:57.437559Z" },
        "cells" : [
          { "name" : "blist", "path" : [ "age" ], "value" : "54" },
          { "name" : "blist", "path" : [ "bday" ], "value" : "27/07/1961" },
          { "name" : "blist", "path" : [ "nation" ], "value" : "ITALY" }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "partition" : {
      "key" : [ "Luc HAGENAARS" ],
      "position" : 152
    },
    "rows" : [
      {
        "type" : "row",
        "position" : 231,
        "liveness_info" : { "tstamp" : "2018-03-19T22:35:57.448698Z" },
        "cells" : [
          { "name" : "blist", "path" : [ "age" ], "value" : "28" },
          { "name" : "blist", "path" : [ "bday" ], "value" : "27/07/1987" },
          { "name" : "blist", "path" : [ "nation" ], "value" : "NETHERLANDS" }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "partition" : {
      "key" : [ "Toine POELS" ],
      "position" : 232
    },
    "rows" : [
      {
        "type" : "row",
        "position" : 309,
        "liveness_info" : { "tstamp" : "2018-03-19T22:35:57.451068Z" },
        "cells" : [
          { "name" : "blist", "path" : [ "age" ], "value" : "52" },
          { "name" : "blist", "path" : [ "bday" ], "value" : "27/07/1963" },
          { "name" : "blist", "path" : [ "nation" ], "value" : "NETHERLANDS" }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "partition" : {
      "key" : [ "Allan DAVIS" ],
      "position" : 310
    },
    "rows" : [
      {
        "type" : "row",
        "position" : 383,
        "liveness_info" : { "tstamp" : "2018-03-19T22:35:57.430478Z" },
        "cells" : [
          { "name" : "blist", "path" : [ "age" ], "value" : "35" },
          { "name" : "blist", "path" : [ "bday" ], "value" : "27/07/1980" },
          { "name" : "blist", "path" : [ "nation" ], "value" : "AUSTRALIA" }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "partition" : {
      "key" : [ "Laurence BOURQUE" ],
      "position" : 384
    },
    "rows" : [
      {
        "type" : "row",
        "position" : 460,
        "liveness_info" : { "tstamp" : "2018-03-19T22:35:57.441360Z" },
        "cells" : [
          { "name" : "blist", "path" : [ "age" ], "value" : "23" },
          { "name" : "blist", "path" : [ "bday" ], "value" : "27/07/1992" },
          { "name" : "blist", "path" : [ "nation" ], "value" : "CANADA" }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
]
Display each row in its own JSON map
sstabledump /var/lib/cassandra/data/cycling/birthday_list-e439b9222bc511e8891b23da85222d3d/aa-2-bti-Data.db -l

=

{"partition":{"key":["Claudio HEINEN"],"position":0},"rows":[{"type":"row","position":75,"liveness_info":{"tstamp":"2018-03-19T22:35:57.445075Z"},"cells":[{"name":"blist","path":["age"],"value":"23"},{"name":"blist","path":["bday"],"value":"27/07/1992"},{"name":"blist","path":["nation"],"value":"GERMANY"}]}]}
{"partition":{"key":["Claudio VANDELLI"],"position":76},"rows":[{"type":"row","position":151,"liveness_info":{"tstamp":"2018-03-19T22:35:57.437559Z"},"cells":[{"name":"blist","path":["age"],"value":"54"},{"name":"blist","path":["bday"],"value":"27/07/1961"},{"name":"blist","path":["nation"],"value":"ITALY"}]}]}
{"partition":{"key":["Luc HAGENAARS"],"position":152},"rows":[{"type":"row","position":231,"liveness_info":{"tstamp":"2018-03-19T22:35:57.448698Z"},"cells":[{"name":"blist","path":["age"],"value":"28"},{"name":"blist","path":["bday"],"value":"27/07/1987"},{"name":"blist","path":["nation"],"value":"NETHERLANDS"}]}]}
{"partition":{"key":["Toine POELS"],"position":232},"rows":[{"type":"row","position":309,"liveness_info":{"tstamp":"2018-03-19T22:35:57.451068Z"},"cells":[{"name":"blist","path":["age"],"value":"52"},{"name":"blist","path":["bday"],"value":"27/07/1963"},{"name":"blist","path":["nation"],"value":"NETHERLANDS"}]}]}
{"partition":{"key":["Allan DAVIS"],"position":310},"rows":[{"type":"row","position":383,"liveness_info":{"tstamp":"2018-03-19T22:35:57.430478Z"},"cells":[{"name":"blist","path":["age"],"value":"35"},{"name":"blist","path":["bday"],"value":"27/07/1980"},{"name":"blist","path":["nation"],"value":"AUSTRALIA"}]}]}
{"partition":{"key":["Laurence BOURQUE"],"position":384},"rows":[{"type":"row","position":460,"liveness_info":{"tstamp":"2018-03-19T22:35:57.441360Z"},"cells":[{"name":"blist","path":["age"],"value":"23"},{"name":"blist","path":["bday"],"value":"27/07/1992"},{"name":"blist","path":["nation"],"value":"CANADA"}]}]}

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