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Yeah, that step would not work either.Originally I followed the steps in https://github.com/Esri/gis-tools-for-hadoop/wiki/GIS-Tools-for-Hadoop-for-Beginners where it directed me to set up a new directory and then clone the gis tools github...

Thanks for the tip but unfortunately once I change to the /root/esri-git directory and then type in hive it runs through a bunch of stuff and then just ends back...

Ok, for some reason the ssh portion was not set up properly during install on cygwin so I fixed that and then accessed the vm via the instructions using ssh...

Awesome!! Thanks ddkaiser and climbage! That worked and now I can access the hive prompt from cygwin. Just tested adding the jar files and it worked too. I will continue...

Thanks ddkaiser! I really appreciate the detailed explanation and may try out that gear tab of the hive view as you have mentioned. A work in progress learning this stuff...

Sorry if this is the wrong area to post this question but I had success using some of the tools in the Hadoop Toolbox to convert to json and move...