title: How do I specify a row key in hbase shell that has a tab in it?
body: <p>In our infinite wisdom, we decided our rows would be keyed with a tab in the middle:</p>
  
  <pre><code>item_id &lt;tab&gt; location
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>For example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>000001  http://www.url.com/page
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Using Hbase Shell, we cannot perform a get command because the tab character doesn't get written properly in the input line. We tried</p>
  
  <pre><code>get 'tableName', '000001\thttp://www.url.com/page'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>without success. What should we do?</p>