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Import control options
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--append::
  Append data to an existing HDFS dataset

--as-avrodatafile::
  Imports data to Avro Data Files

--as-sequencefile::
  Imports data to SequenceFiles

--as-textfile::
  Imports data as plain text (default)

--boundary-query (query)::
  Using following query to select minimal and maximal value of '--split-by' column for creating splits

--columns (col,col,col...)::
  Columns to export from table

--direct::
  Use direct import fast path (MySQL and PostgreSQL)

--direct-split-size (n)::
  Split the input stream every 'n' bytes when importing in direct mode.

--inline-lob-limit (n)::
  Set the maximum size for an inline LOB

--num-mappers (n)::
-m::
  Use 'n' map tasks to import in parallel

--query (statement)::
  Imports the results of +statement+ instead of a table

--split-by (column-name)::
  Column of the table used to split the table for parallel import

--table (table-name)::
  The table to import

--target-dir (dir)::
  Explicit HDFS target directory for the import.

--warehouse-dir (dir)::
  Tables are uploaded to the HDFS path +/warehouse/dir/(tablename)/+

--where (clause)::
  Import only the rows for which _clause_ is true.
  e.g.: `--where "user_id > 400 AND hidden == 0"`

--compress::
-z::
  Uses gzip (or, alternatively, the codec specified by +\--compression-codec+,
  if set) to compress data as it is written to HDFS

--compression-codec (codec)::
  Uses the Hadoop +codec+ class to compress data as it is written to HDFS.

--null-string::
  The string to be written for a null value for string columns

--null-non-string::
  The string to be written for a null value for non-string columns