rdblue commented on code in PR #5672:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/5672#discussion_r962038544


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docs/python-quickstart.md:
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@@ -26,45 +26,431 @@ menu:
  -->
 
 
-# Python API Quickstart
+# Python CLI Quickstart
 
-## Installation
+Pyiceberg ships with a CLI that's available after installing the package.
 
-Iceberg python is currently in development, for development and testing 
purposes the best way to install the library is to perform the following steps:
+```sh
+➜  pyiceberg --help
+Usage: pyiceberg [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
+
+Options:
+  --catalog TEXT
+  --verbose BOOLEAN
+  --output [text|json]
+  --uri TEXT
+  --credential TEXT
+  --help                Show this message and exit.
+
+Commands:
+  describe    Describes a namespace xor table
+  drop        Operations to drop a namespace or table
+  list        Lists tables or namespaces
+  location    Returns the location of the table
+  properties  Properties on tables/namespaces
+  rename      Renames a table
+  schema      Gets the schema of the table
+  spec        Returns the partition spec of the table
+  uuid        Returns the UUID of the table
+```
+
+Browsing the catalog
+
+```sh
+➜  pyiceberg --uri thrift://localhost:9083 list                       
+default
+nyc  
+```
+
+```sh
+➜  pyiceberg --uri thrift://localhost:9083 list nyc
+nyc.taxis
 ```
-git clone https://github.com/apache/iceberg.git
-cd iceberg/python
-pip install -e .
+
+```sh
+➜  pyiceberg --uri thrift://localhost:9083 list nyc
+nyc.taxis
 ```
 
-## Testing
-Testing is done using tox. The config can be found in `tox.ini` within the 
python directory of the iceberg project.
 
+```sh
+pyiceberg --uri thrift://localhost:9083 describe nyc.taxis
+Table format version  1                                                        
                                                                                
                                                         
+Metadata location     
file:/.../nyc.db/taxis/metadata/00000-aa3a3eac-ea08-4255-b890-383a64a94e42.metadata.json
                                                        
+Table UUID            6cdfda33-bfa3-48a7-a09e-7abb462e3460                     
                                                                                
                                                         
+Last Updated          1661783158061                                            
                                                                                
                                                         
+Partition spec        []                                                       
                                                                                
                                                         
+Sort order            []                                                       
                                                                                
                                                         
+Current schema        Schema, id=0                                             
                                                                                
                                                         
+                      ├── 1: VendorID: optional long                           
                                                                                
                                                         
+                      ├── 2: tpep_pickup_datetime: optional timestamptz        
                                                                                
                                                         
+                      ├── 3: tpep_dropoff_datetime: optional timestamptz       
                                                                                
                                                         
+                      ├── 4: passenger_count: optional double                  
                                                                                
                                                         
+                      ├── 5: trip_distance: optional double                    
                                                                                
                                                         
+                      ├── 6: RatecodeID: optional double                       
                                                                                
                                                         
+                      ├── 7: store_and_fwd_flag: optional string               
                                                                                
                                                         
+                      ├── 8: PULocationID: optional long                       
                                                                                
                                                         
+                      ├── 9: DOLocationID: optional long                       
                                                                                
                                                         
+                      ├── 10: payment_type: optional long                      
                                                                                
                                                         
+                      ├── 11: fare_amount: optional double                     
                                                                                
                                                         
+                      ├── 12: extra: optional double                           
                                                                                
                                                         
+                      ├── 13: mta_tax: optional double                         
                                                                                
                                                         
+                      ├── 14: tip_amount: optional double                      
                                                                                
                                                         
+                      ├── 15: tolls_amount: optional double                    
                                                                                
                                                         
+                      ├── 16: improvement_surcharge: optional double           
                                                                                
                                                         
+                      ├── 17: total_amount: optional double                    
                                                                                
                                                         
+                      ├── 18: congestion_surcharge: optional double            
                                                                                
                                                         
+                      └── 19: airport_fee: optional double                     
                                                                                
                                                         
+Current snapshot      Operation.APPEND: id=5937117119577207079, schema_id=0    
                                                                                
                                                         
+Snapshots             Snapshots                                                
                                                                                
                                                         
+                      └── Snapshot 5937117119577207079, schema 0: 
file:/.../nyc.db/taxis/metadata/snap-5937117119577207079-1-94656c4f-4c66-4600-a4ca-f30377300527.avro
+Properties            owner                 root                               
                                                                                
                                                         
+                      write.format.default  parquet
 ```
-# simply run tox from within the python dir
-tox
+
+Or output in JSON for automation:
+
+```sh
+pyiceberg --uri thrift://localhost:9083 --output json describe nyc.taxis | jq
+{
+  "identifier": [

Review Comment:
   This is a bit long. Could we snip some parts of the schemas?



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