https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/Query-on-Hive-Commands-Beeline/m-p/160177#M122562 <P>Further to my earlier question (https://community.hortonworks.com/questions/64438/hive-beeline-e-in-shell-script.html#comment-64493)</P><P>Wondering how to use the commands beeline -e and beeline -f in shell scripts (bash shell). When I tried running beeline -e command directly on the bash, it says connection not available. So I presume we need to run beeline -u command or a combination of beeline;!connect commands together. But once we execute either of these commands, we will be in beeline shell rather than bash shell and hence beeline -e command is not needed anymore. So wondering what is the purpose of beeline -e command and how to use it without invoking beeline -u command earlier.</P><P>I am sure my understanding is wrong somewhere and hence would request to please correct me.</P> Wed, 02 Nov 2016 07:36:06 GMT bigdata_superno 2016-11-02T07:36:06Z