Logging messages in Hive .hql file

Question

I have some insert statements to run in Hive. I am planning to put them in .hql file and run it through beeline -f option. Is there a way I can echo some log messages in between inserts so that I know the progress. Like :

echo "Starting the inserts ........." insert1

echo "Insert 1 complete"

insert2

echo "Insert script is complete"

I tried putting echo statements by using linux shell command echo as !echo ""

But it's not recognizing echo as a command

Answer 1

!sh echo ...

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!sh echo "Starting the inserts ........."      

insert ...

!sh echo "Insert 1 complete"

insert ...

!sh echo "Insert script is complete"