Scan HTable rows for specific column value using HBase shell

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It is possible without Hive:

scan 'filemetadata', 
     { COLUMNS => 'colFam:colQualifier', 
       LIMIT => 10, 
       FILTER => "ValueFilter( =, 'binaryprefix:<someValue.e.g. test1 AsDefinedInQuestion>' )" 
     }

Note: in order to find all rows that contain test1 as value as specified in the question, use binaryprefix:test1 in the filter (see this answer for more examples)

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