How to list all cassandra tables

From cqlsh execute describe tables;

There are system tables which can provide information about stored keyspaces, tables, columns.

Try run follows commands in cqlsh console:

1. Get keyspaces info

   SELECT * FROM system.schema_keyspaces ;

2. Get tables info

   SELECT columnfamily_name FROM system.schema_columnfamilies WHERE keyspace_name = 'keyspace name';

3. Get table info

   SELECT column_name, type, validator FROM system.schema_columns WHERE keyspace_name = 'keyspace name' AND columnfamily_name = 'table name';

Since v 5.0.x Docs

1. Get keyspaces info

   SELECT * FROM system_schema.keyspaces;

2. Get tables info

   SELECT * FROM system_schema.tables WHERE keyspace_name = 'keyspace name';

3. Get table info

   SELECT * FROM system_schema.columns WHERE keyspace_name = 'keyspace_name' AND table_name = 'table_name';

Since v 6.0 Docs

1. Get keyspaces info

   SELECT * FROM system_schema.keyspaces

2. Get tables info

   SELECT * FROM system_schema.tables WHERE keyspace_name = 'keyspace name';

3. Get table info

   SELECT * FROM system_schema.columns WHERE keyspace_name = 'keyspace_name' AND table_name = 'table_name';