Hi Vitalii,   I think you are correct, based on below:   https://github.com/cloudera/sqoop/blob/cdh5-1.4.6_5.14.0/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/SqoopOptions.java#L1719-L1721   public void setInputFieldsTerminatedBy(char c) { this.inputDelimiters.setFieldsTerminatedBy(c); }     https://github.com/cloudera/sqoop/blob/cdh5-1.4.6_5.14.0/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/SqoopOptions.java#L1816-L1818   public void setFieldsTerminatedBy(char c) { this.outputDelimiters.setFieldsTerminatedBy(c); } However, I can see that when --direct is used,      1. it calls class DirectMySQLManager: https://github.com/cloudera/sqoop/blob/cdh5-1.4.6_5.14.0/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/manager/DirectMySQLManager.java#L103     public void exportTable(com.cloudera.sqoop.manager.ExportJobContext context) throws IOException, ExportException { context.setConnManager(this); MySQLExportJob exportJob = new MySQLExportJob(context); exportJob.runExport(); } 2. in MySQLExportJob class, it actually uses getOutputFieldDelim() function   https://github.com/cloudera/sqoop/blob/cdh5-1.4.6_5.14.0/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/MySQLExportJob.java#L57-L58     conf.setInt(MySQLUtils.OUTPUT_FIELD_DELIM_KEY, options.getOutputFieldDelim());   This explains that we need to use --fields-terminated-by rather than --input-fields-terminated-by. It looks like that it is considered as output for MySQL, as code uses MySQLUtils.OUTPUT_FIELD_DELIM_KEY.   I am not sure if it is expected or a bug. I will follow up with our engineering team.    Look out for another update sometime next week. ... View more