# this below ex is to demonstrate how to list the databases of mysql/redbms from hadoop cloudser i.e we are not log in to mysql/rdbms termial but directly from hadoop terminal only we are list the data bases; # this scenario when we have to check the databases from hadoop terminal only [cloudera@quickstart ~]$ sqoop-list-databases \ --connect jdbd:mysql://quikcstart.cloudera:3306 \ --username retail_dba \ --passord cloudera