How to view all tables in CQL and CQLSH?

to get all table names : DESC tables;

to get detailed view of a table : DESC table <table_name>;

to get detailed view of all tables in a keyspace : DESC keyspace <keyspace_name>;

Yes, you can use the DESCRIBE command:

DESCRIBE tables;

Depending on the version of Cassandra, the following may work for you

SELECT * FROM system_schema.tables

Check out the other tables in the system_schema keyspace to see what other info you can get

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