hive -h <hostname> not establishing connection to hive console - hadoop

Question

While inputing:
hive -h <hostname>
From hdfs command line I am not getting directed to hive console.
Still being asked for Hostname to be entered.
'Choose Hive Server/Metastore Hostname from : <hostname>'
'Enter Hive Server/Metastore Hostname :'
If the hostname is getting submitted using command hive -h then ideally it should not ask for hostname again.

Answer 1

Using Hive 3, the output I get from hive -h hostname is help that does not mention a -h option. Using beeline to specify a hostname works for me:
[me#myhost-1 ~]$ beeline -u jdbc:hive2://myhost-2.com:10000
...
Connecting to jdbc:hive2://myhost.com:10000
Connected to: Apache Hive (version 3.1.0.3.0.3.0-192)
Driver: Hive JDBC (version 3.1.0.3.0.3.0-192)
Transaction isolation: TRANSACTION_REPEATABLE_READ
Beeline version 3.1.0.3.0.3.0-192 by Apache Hive
0: jdbc:hive2://myhost-2.com:>
Help output also includes other beeline examples to connect to Hive:
Example:
1. Connect using simple authentication to HiveServer2 on localhost:10000
$ beeline -u jdbc:hive2://localhost:10000 username password
2. Connect using simple authentication to HiveServer2 on hs.local:10000 using -n for username and -p for password
$ beeline -n username -p password -u jdbc:hive2://hs2.local:10012
3. Connect using Kerberos authentication with hive/localhost#mydomain.com as HiveServer2 principal
$ beeline -u "jdbc:hive2://hs2.local:10013/default;principal=hive/localhost#mydomain.com"
4. Connect using SSL connection to HiveServer2 on localhost at 10000
$ beeline "jdbc:hive2://localhost:10000/default;ssl=true;sslTrustStore=/usr/local/truststore;trustStorePassword=mytruststorepassword"
5. Connect using LDAP authentication
$ beeline -u jdbc:hive2://hs2.local:10013/default <ldap-username> <ldap-password>
Using two hyphens, not one, is the correct syntax:
hive --help
Usage ./hive <parameters> --service serviceName <service parameters>
Service List: beeline cleardanglingscratchdir cli fixacidkeyindex help hiveburninclient hiveserver2 hplsql jar lineage llapdump llap llapstatus metastore metatool orcfiledump rcfilecat schemaTool strictmanagedmigration tokentool version
Parameters parsed:
--auxpath : Auxiliary jars
--config : Hive configuration directory
--service : Starts specific service/component. cli is default
Parameters used:
HADOOP_HOME or HADOOP_PREFIX : Hadoop install directory
HIVE_OPT : Hive options
For help on a particular service:
./hive --service serviceName --help
Debug help: ./hive --debug --help