In this doc http://hadoop.apache.org/zookeeper/docs/r3.2.2/zookeeperAdmin.html#sc_zkMulitServerSetup
It gives you the command for the ZK shell, which has what you need. $ java -cp zookeeper.jar:src/java/lib/log4j-1.2.15.jar:conf:src/java/lib/jline-0.9.94.jar \ org.apache.zookeeper.ZooKeeperMain -server 127.0.0.1:2181 J-D On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Karthik K <oss....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi - > I am looking to delete a node (say, /katta) from a running zk ensemble > altogether and curious if there is any command-line tool that is available > that can do a delete. > > -- > Karthik. >