Sqoop import table with columns in Big Data Hadoop

sqoop import –connect jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/telecom --driver com.mysql.jdbc.Driver --username root --password root  --table customers

--columns cust_id, name, address, date, history, occupation  --where item>=1234

--target-dir /tmp//customers

--m 8

--split-by cust_id

--fields-terminated-by ,

--escaped-by \

--hive-drop-import-delims 

--map-column-java

  cust_id=string, name=string, address=string, date=string, history=string, occupation=string