Cassandra shows three dots when i run any query

cassandra

Solution

You need to terminate the command with a `;`, otherwise the shell has no way of telling that you're "done" entering a query/command:

show cluster name;
                 ^---

That's why the `help;`, `quit;`, and `exit;` examples printed as part of the startup all include a `;`...

Problem

it is the first time i use cassandra, so please excuse me if my question is naive :) I have downloaded and extracted cassandra 1.2.4 i have run it using `/usr/local/apache-cassandra-1.2.4/bin/cassandra -f` now i connect to it ``` root@Alaa:/usr/local/apache-cassandra-1.2.4# ./bin/cassandra-cli Connected to: "Test Cluster" on 127.0.0.1/9160 Welcome to Cassandra CLI version 1.2.4 Type 'help;' or '?' for help. Type 'quit;' or 'exit;' to quit. [default@unknown] show cluster name ... ``` and those three dots remain forever!! any idea what is wrong?

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