Sqoop User Guide (v1.3.0-cdh3u2)（sqoop用户手册）2

6. Sqoop Tools

Sqoop ships with a help tool. To display a list of all available tools, type the following command:

sqoop提供了帮助工作，可以使用下面命令查看

$ sqoop help
usage: sqoop COMMAND [ARGS]

Available commands:
  codegen            Generate code to interact with database records
  create-hive-table  Import a table definition into Hive
  eval               Evaluate a SQL statement and display the results
  export             Export an HDFS directory to a database table
  help               List available commands
  import             Import a table from a database to HDFS
  import-all-tables  Import tables from a database to HDFS
  list-databases     List available databases on a server
  list-tables        List available tables in a database
  version            Display version information

See 'sqoop help COMMAND' for information on a specific command.

You can display help for a specific tool by entering: sqoop help (tool-name); for example, sqoop help import.

您可以显示特定命令帮助：例如，sqoop help import

You can also add the --help argument to any command: sqoop import --help.

你也可这样： sqoop import --help.

6.1. Using Command Aliases

In addition to typing the sqoop (toolname) syntax, you can use alias scripts that specify the sqoop-(toolname) syntax. For example, the scripts sqoop-import, sqoop-export, etc. each select a specific tool.