usage: Usage: cqlsh [options] [host [port]]

CQL Shell for Apache Cassandra

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --version         show program's version number and exit
  -C, --color           Always use color output
  --no-color            Never use color output
  --browser BROWSER     The browser to use to display CQL help, where BROWSER can be: - one of the
                        supported browsers in https://docs.python.org/3/library/webbrowser.html. -
                        browser path followed by %s, example: /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable %s
  --ssl                 Use SSL
  -u USERNAME, --username USERNAME
                        Authenticate as user.
  -p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
                        Authenticate using password.
  -k KEYSPACE, --keyspace KEYSPACE
                        Authenticate to the given keyspace.
  -f FILE, --file FILE  Execute commands from FILE, then exit
  --debug               Show additional debugging information
  --coverage            Collect coverage data
  --encoding ENCODING   Specify a non-default encoding for output. (Default: utf-8)
  --cqlshrc CQLSHRC     Specify an alternative cqlshrc file location.
  --credentials CREDENTIALS
                        Specify an alternative credentials file location.
  --cqlversion CQLVERSION
                        Specify a particular CQL version, by default the highest version supported
                        by the server will be used. Examples: "3.0.3", "3.1.0"
  --protocol-version PROTOCOL_VERSION
                        Specify a specific protcol version otherwise the client will default and
                        downgrade as necessary
  -e EXECUTE, --execute EXECUTE
                        Execute the statement and quit.
  --connect-timeout CONNECT_TIMEOUT
                        Specify the connection timeout in seconds (default: 5 seconds).
  --request-timeout REQUEST_TIMEOUT
                        Specify the default request timeout in seconds (default: 10 seconds).
  -t, --tty             Force tty mode (command prompt).

Connects to 127.0.0.1:9042 by default. These defaults can be changed by setting $CQLSH_HOST and/or
$CQLSH_PORT. When a host (and optional port number) are given on the command line, they take
precedence over any defaults.