You can enter HBase Shell commands into a text file, one command per line, and pass that file to the HBase Shell.
Example 4.3. Example Command File
create 'test', 'cf'
list 'test'
put 'test', 'row1', 'cf:a', 'value1'
put 'test', 'row2', 'cf:b', 'value2'
put 'test', 'row3', 'cf:c', 'value3'
put 'test', 'row4', 'cf:d', 'value4'
scan 'test'
get 'test', 'row1'
disable 'test'
enable 'test'
Example 4.4. Directing HBase Shell to Execute the Commands
Pass the path to the command file as the only argument to the hbase shell command. Each command is executed and its output is shown. If you do not include the exit command in your script, you are returned to the HBase shell prompt. There is no way to programmatically check each individual command for success or failure. Also, though you see the output for each command, the commands themselves are not echoed to the screen so it can be difficult to line up the command with its output.
$./hbase shell ./sample_commands.txt0 row(s) in 3.4170 seconds TABLE test 1 row(s) in 0.0590 seconds 0 row(s) in 0.1540 seconds 0 row(s) in 0.0080 seconds 0 row(s) in 0.0060 seconds 0 row(s) in 0.0060 seconds ROW COLUMN+CELL row1 column=cf:a, timestamp=1407130286968, value=value1 row2 column=cf:b, timestamp=1407130286997, value=value2 row3 column=cf:c, timestamp=1407130287007, value=value3 row4 column=cf:d, timestamp=1407130287015, value=value4 4 row(s) in 0.0420 seconds COLUMN CELL cf:a timestamp=1407130286968, value=value1 1 row(s) in 0.0110 seconds 0 row(s) in 1.5630 seconds 0 row(s) in 0.4360 seconds