Unable to connect to Hbase shell

Problem :

smartechies.mac $ hbase shell

ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (0 for 1)
method_added at file:/usr/local/Cellar/hbase/1.2.6/libexec/lib/jruby-complete-1.6.8.jar!/builtin/javasupport/core_ext/object.rb:10
method_added at file:/usr/local/Cellar/hbase/1.2.6/libexec/lib/jruby-complete-1.6.8.jar!/builtin/javasupport/core_ext/object.rb:129
Pattern at file:/usr/local/Cellar/hbase/1.2.6/libexec/lib/jruby-complete-1.6.8.jar!/builtin/java/java.util.regex.rb:2
(root) at file:/usr/local/Cellar/hbase/1.2.6/libexec/lib/jruby-complete-1.6.8.jar!/builtin/java/java.util.regex.rb:1
require at org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:1062
(root) at file:/usr/local/Cellar/hbase/1.2.6/libexec/lib/jruby-complete-1.6.8.jar!/builtin/java/java.util.regex.rb:42
(root) at /usr/local/Cellar/hbase/1.2.6/libexec/bin/../bin/hirb.rb:38

Solution : 

Point the JAVA_HOME variable to correct value in  conf/hbase-env.sh

Example :

smartechies.mac $ cat ~/.profile | grep JAVA_HOME
export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_121.jdk/Contents/Home
#export JAVA_HOME=/usr/libexec/java_home

smartechies.mac $ cat /usr/local/Cellar/hbase/1.2.6/libexec/conf/hbase-env.sh | grep JAVA_HOME
#export JAVA_HOME=”$(/usr/libexec/java_home)”

smartechies.mac$ hbase shell
2018-04-11 12:14:48,806 WARN [main] util.NativeCodeLoader: Unable to load native-hadoop library for your platform… using builtin-java classes where applicable
SLF4J: Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings.
SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/usr/local/Cellar/hbase/1.2.6/libexec/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.7.5.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/usr/local/Cellar/hadoop/2.8.0/libexec/share/hadoop/common/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.7.10.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#multiple_bindings for an explanation.
SLF4J: Actual binding is of type [org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerFactory]
HBase Shell; enter ‘help<RETURN>’ for list of supported commands.
Type “exit<RETURN>” to leave the HBase Shell
Version 1.2.6, rUnknown, Mon May 29 02:25:32 CDT 2017

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