row keys through the hbase shell?

Question

I am using

 scan \'table_name\', { COLUMNS => \'column_family:column_qualifier\', LIMIT => 2 }

to list 2 rows in a hbase table but I wou

Answer 1

Earlier solution would be:

scan 'test', { 
  COLUMNS => ['col_family_name:col_name'], 
  FILTER => "RowFilter(=, 'substring:the_string_to_be_compared')" 
}