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  <div class="section" id="getsstables">
<span id="nodetool-getsstables"></span><h1>getsstables<a class="headerlink" href="#getsstables" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<div class="section" id="usage">
<h1>Usage<a class="headerlink" href="#usage" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">NAME</span>
        <span class="n">nodetool</span> <span class="n">getsstables</span> <span class="o">-</span> <span class="n">Print</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">sstable</span> <span class="n">filenames</span> <span class="n">that</span> <span class="n">own</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">key</span>

<span class="n">SYNOPSIS</span>
        <span class="n">nodetool</span> <span class="p">[(</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">host</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">host</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">host</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">)]</span> <span class="p">[(</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">p</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">port</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">port</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">port</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">)]</span>
                <span class="p">[(</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">pp</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="nb">print</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">port</span><span class="p">)]</span> <span class="p">[(</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">pw</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">password</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">password</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">password</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">)]</span>
                <span class="p">[(</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">pwf</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">passwordFilePath</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">password</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">file</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">passwordFilePath</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">)]</span>
                <span class="p">[(</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">u</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">username</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">username</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">username</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">)]</span> <span class="n">getsstables</span>
                <span class="p">[(</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">hf</span> <span class="o">|</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="nb">hex</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="nb">format</span><span class="p">)]</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="o">--</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">keyspace</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">cfname</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">key</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>

<span class="n">OPTIONS</span>
        <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">host</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">host</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">host</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
            <span class="n">Node</span> <span class="n">hostname</span> <span class="ow">or</span> <span class="n">ip</span> <span class="n">address</span>

        <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">hf</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="nb">hex</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="nb">format</span>
            <span class="n">Specify</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">key</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">hexadecimal</span> <span class="n">string</span> <span class="nb">format</span>

        <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">p</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">port</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">port</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">port</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
            <span class="n">Remote</span> <span class="n">jmx</span> <span class="n">agent</span> <span class="n">port</span> <span class="n">number</span>

        <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">pp</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="nb">print</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">port</span>
            <span class="n">Operate</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="mf">4.0</span> <span class="n">mode</span> <span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">hosts</span> <span class="n">disambiguated</span> <span class="n">by</span> <span class="n">port</span> <span class="n">number</span>

        <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">pw</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">password</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">password</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">password</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
            <span class="n">Remote</span> <span class="n">jmx</span> <span class="n">agent</span> <span class="n">password</span>

        <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">pwf</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">passwordFilePath</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">password</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">file</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">passwordFilePath</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
            <span class="n">Path</span> <span class="n">to</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">JMX</span> <span class="n">password</span> <span class="n">file</span>

        <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">u</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">username</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">username</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">username</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
            <span class="n">Remote</span> <span class="n">jmx</span> <span class="n">agent</span> <span class="n">username</span>

        <span class="o">--</span>
            <span class="n">This</span> <span class="n">option</span> <span class="n">can</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="n">used</span> <span class="n">to</span> <span class="n">separate</span> <span class="n">command</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">line</span> <span class="n">options</span> <span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">the</span>
            <span class="nb">list</span> <span class="n">of</span> <span class="n">argument</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">useful</span> <span class="n">when</span> <span class="n">arguments</span> <span class="n">might</span> <span class="n">be</span> <span class="n">mistaken</span> <span class="k">for</span>
            <span class="n">command</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">line</span> <span class="n">options</span>

        <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">keyspace</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">cfname</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">key</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
            <span class="n">The</span> <span class="n">keyspace</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">column</span> <span class="n">family</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="ow">and</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">key</span>


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