How do I output the results of a HiveQL query to CSV?

Question

we would like to put the results of a Hive query to a CSV file. I thought the command should look like this:

insert overwrite directory \'/home/output.csv\'          


        

Answer 1

If you want a CSV file then you can modify Lukas' solutions as follows (assuming you are on a linux box):

hive -e 'select books from table' | sed 's/[[:space:]]\+/,/g' > /home/lvermeer/temp.csv