docs: Update pyiceberg CLI help docs#2793
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Hi folks, big fan of Iceberg! I noticed a tiny change in the cli docs. Correcting it here
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This was actually a joke from my end, xor referring to exclusive-or :)
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Hey @el10savio,
Thanks for fixing this! It looks like this help message is out of date would you mind updating the output? We could also fix in a follow up
Options:
--catalog TEXT
--verbose BOOLEAN
--output [text|json]
--ugi TEXT
--uri TEXT
--credential TEXT
--help Show this message and exit.
Commands:
create Operation to create a namespace.
describe Describe a namespace or a table.
drop Operations to drop a namespace or table.
files List all the files of the table.
list List tables or namespaces.
list-refs List all the refs in the provided table.
location Return the location of the table.
properties Properties on tables/namespaces.
rename Rename a table.
schema Get the schema of the table.
spec Return the partition spec of the table.
uuid Return the UUID of the table.
version Print pyiceberg version.
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Sure thing, I can update my PR to have the above output |
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LGTM! The CLI is super cool! It gives you a easy way to query a catalog and view table data.
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thanks for updating the docs @el10savio and thanks for the review everyone :) |
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also kicking off the release docs github action https://github.com/apache/iceberg-python/actions/runs/19945154037 |
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anddddd its live! https://py.iceberg.apache.org/cli/ |
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Hi folks, big fan of Iceberg! I noticed a tiny change in the cli docs. Correcting it here.
Rationale for this change
Fix docs.
Are these changes tested?
No tests against docs.
Are there any user-facing changes?
Should now reflect in https://py.iceberg.apache.org/cli/#python-cli