The cqlsh tool, which is also known as CQL shell, installs with Cassandra and should be used to control security, keyspace, and table definitions. Not to be confused with the old Cassandra-CLI (the deprecated Cassandra command-line interface), cqlsh will be your primary interface into controlling your Cassandra data model and analyzing cluster metadata.
cqlsh
Logging into cqlsh
You will find cqlsh in the /bin directory of your Cassandra home directory. You can start it by invoking it with a host IP address to connect to and any flags required by your cluster or session...