The HBase shell is a GUI based interface that performs administrative tasks, such as creating and deleting tables.

The HBase shell is a command-line tool that performs administrative tasks, such as creating and deleting tables.

The HBase shell is a hypervisor based shell that performs administrative tasks, such as creating and deleting new virtualized instances.

The HBase shell is a command-line tool that performs only user account management functions to grant access to Cloud Bigtable instances.