Command like SQL LIMIT in HBase

From the HBase shell you can use LIMIT:

hbase> scan 'test-table', {'LIMIT' => 5}

From the Java API you can use Scan.setMaxResultSize(N) or scan.setMaxResultsPerColumnFamily(N).

• HBase API docs – Scan.setMaxResultSize
• HBase API docs – Scan.setMaxResultsPerColumnFamily