Usage: Export [-D <property=value>]* <tablename> <outputdir> [<versions> [<starttime> [<endtime>]] [^[regex pattern] or [Prefix] to filter]] Note: -D properties will be applied to the conf used. For example: -D mapred.output.compress=true -D mapred.output.compression.codec=org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.GzipCodec -D mapred.output.compression.type=BLOCK Additionally, the following SCAN properties can be specified to control/limit what is exported.. -D hbase.mapreduce.scan.column.family=<familyName>