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Apache Flink is an open source stream processing framework with powerful stream- and batch-processing capabilities.

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Flink Python Shell
Usage: pyflink-shell.sh [local|remote|yarn] [options] <args>...

Command: local [options]
Starts Flink Python shell with a local Flink cluster
usage:
     -h,--help   Show the help message with descriptions of all options.
Command: remote [options] <host> <port>
Starts Flink Python shell connecting to a remote cluster
  <host>
        Remote host name as string
  <port>
        Remote port as integer

usage:
     -h,--help   Show the help message with descriptions of all options.
Command: yarn [options]
Starts Flink Python shell connecting to a yarn cluster
usage:
     -h,--help                       Show the help message with descriptions of
                                     all options.
     -jm,--jobManagerMemory <arg>    Memory for JobManager Container with
                                     optional unit (default: MB)
     -nm,--name <arg>                Set a custom name for the application on
                                     YARN
     -qu,--queue <arg>               Specify YARN queue.
     -s,--slots <arg>                Number of slots per TaskManager
     -tm,--taskManagerMemory <arg>   Memory per TaskManager Container with
                                     optional unit (default: MB)
-h | --help
      Prints this usage text
Options (6)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, --helpShow the help message with descriptions of all options.help
-jm, --jobManagerMemory argMemory for JobManager Container with optional unit (default: MB)help
-nm, --name argSet a custom name for the application on YARNhelp
-qu, --queue argSpecify YARN queue.help
-s, --slots argNumber of slots per TaskManagerhelp
-tm, --taskManagerMemory argMemory per TaskManager Container with optional unit (default: MB)help

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