How to know Hive and Hadoop versions from command prompt

Question

How can I find which Hive version I am using from the command prompt. Below is the details-

I am using Putty to connect to hive table and access records in the tables. So what I did is- I opened Putty and in the host name I typed- leo-ingesting.vip.name.com and then I click Open. And then I entered my username and password and then few commands to get to Hive sql. Below is the list what I did

$ bash
bash-3.00$ hive
Hive history file=/tmp/rkost/hive_job_log_rkost_201207010451_1212680168.txt
hive> set mapred.job.queue.name=hdmi-technology;
hive> select * from table LIMIT 1;

So is there any way from the command prompt I can find which hive version I am using and Hadoop version too?

Answer 1

You can not get the hive version from the command line.

You can checkout the Hadoop version as mentioned by Dave.

Also if you are using Cloudera distribution, then look directly at the libs:

ls /usr/lib/hive/lib/ and check for hive library

hive-hwi-0.7.1-cdh3u3.jar

Answer 2

Hi,

Hadoop and hive have their individual commands. You can check the versions with the below commands.

• To check the Hadoop version.

$ hadoop version

• To check the hive version.

$ hive --version