check if column family has any data

[Antonio Si]

Hi,

Is there an easy way to check if a column family of a hbase table has any
data?

I try something like "scan '<table name>', { LIMIT => 10,
FILTER=>"FamilyFilter(=, 'binary:<family name>')" } in hbase shell and it
timeout. I guess it's because my table
has 15TB of data. So, I am guessing that particular family has no data, but
I need a way to confirm that.

Any pointers would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Antonio.