diff --git a/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/Main.java b/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/Main.java
index 4613c3cff3..bfc6f62d70 100644
--- a/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/Main.java
+++ b/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/Main.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public static void die(String message, boolean usage, String name, Command comma
       if (name != null && command != null) {
         showUsage(name, command);
       } else {
-        showUsage(name, command);
+        showUsage();
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/command/Registry.java b/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/command/Registry.java
index d05fcb7973..1ccaddfd24 100644
--- a/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/command/Registry.java
+++ b/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/command/Registry.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public final class Registry {
     registry.put("schema", ShowSchemaCommand.class);
     registry.put("meta", ShowMetaCommand.class);
     registry.put("dump", DumpCommand.class);
+    registry.put("rowcount", RowCountCommand.class);
   }
 
   public static Map<String,Command> allCommands() {
diff --git a/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/command/RowCountCommand.java b/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/command/RowCountCommand.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50169e6d6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/command/RowCountCommand.java
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2013 ARRIS, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package parquet.tools.command;
+
+import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.Option;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.OptionBuilder;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.Options;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
+
+import parquet.hadoop.Footer;
+import parquet.hadoop.ParquetFileReader;
+import parquet.hadoop.metadata.BlockMetaData;
+import parquet.hadoop.metadata.ParquetMetadata;
+import parquet.schema.MessageType;
+import parquet.tools.Main;
+import parquet.tools.util.PrettyPrintWriter;
+import parquet.tools.util.PrettyPrintWriter.WhiteSpaceHandler;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+public class RowCountCommand extends ArgsOnlyCommand {
+  public static final String[] USAGE = new String[] {
+    "<input>",
+    "where <input> is the parquet file containing the row counts to show"
+  };
+
+  public static final Options OPTIONS;
+  static {
+    OPTIONS       = new Options();
+    Option detail = OptionBuilder.withLongOpt("detailed")
+                               .withDescription("Show the individual row counts.")
+                               .create('d');
+    OPTIONS.addOption(detail);
+  }
+
+  public RowCountCommand() {
+    super(1, 1);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String[] getUsageDescription() {
+    return USAGE;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Options getOptions() {
+    return OPTIONS;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void execute(CommandLine options) throws Exception {
+    super.execute(options);
+
+    String[] args = options.getArgs();
+    String input  = args[0];
+
+    Configuration conf         = new Configuration();
+    Path inputPath             = new Path(input);
+    FileStatus inputFileStatus = inputPath.getFileSystem(conf).getFileStatus(inputPath);
+    List<Footer> footers       = ParquetFileReader.readFooters(conf, inputFileStatus, false);
+
+    List< Long > rowCounts = new ArrayList< Long >();
+    for(Footer footer: footers){
+      processFooter(footer, rowCounts);
+    }
+    outputCounts(rowCounts, options.hasOption('d'));
+  }
+
+  private void processFooter(Footer footer, List<Long> rowCounts) throws Exception {
+    List< BlockMetaData > footerBlocks = footer.getParquetMetadata().getBlocks();
+    for (BlockMetaData bmeta: footerBlocks) {
+      processBlock(bmeta, rowCounts);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void processBlock(BlockMetaData blockMeta, List<Long> rowCounts) throws Exception {
+    long rows = blockMeta.getRowCount();
+    rowCounts.add( new Long(rows) );
+  }
+
+  private void outputCounts( List< Long > rowCounts, boolean detailed ){
+    Long min  = Long.MAX_VALUE;
+    Long max  = Long.MIN_VALUE;
+    Long sum  = 0L;
+    int count = 0;
+
+    for(Long rc: rowCounts){
+      min = ( rc < min ) ? rc : min;
+      max = ( rc > max ) ? rc : max;
+      sum += rc;
+      count++;
+    }
+    double avg = (count == 0 ) ? 0 : (sum / (double) count);
+
+    PrettyPrintWriter out = PrettyPrintWriter.stdoutPrettyPrinter()
+                                             .withAutoFlush()
+                                             .build();
+    out.printf("Row Group Stats: [ Total:%d, Min:%d, Avg:%.2f, Max:%d, NumRowGroups:%d ]\n", sum, min, avg, max, count);
+    if (detailed) {
+      out.printf("Row Counts: [ %s ]\n", Joiner.on(", ").join(rowCounts) );
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/command/ShowMetaCommand.java b/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/command/ShowMetaCommand.java
index 78b79aac69..80c6f05edd 100644
--- a/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/command/ShowMetaCommand.java
+++ b/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/command/ShowMetaCommand.java
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 import static parquet.format.converter.ParquetMetadataConverter.NO_FILTER;
 
 import org.apache.commons.cli.CommandLine;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.Option;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.OptionBuilder;
+import org.apache.commons.cli.Options;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileStatus;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
@@ -40,6 +43,20 @@ public class ShowMetaCommand extends ArgsOnlyCommand {
     "where <input> is the parquet file to print to stdout"
   };
 
+  public static final Options OPTIONS;
+  static {
+    OPTIONS      = new Options();
+    Option human = OptionBuilder.withLongOpt("human-readable")
+                               .withDescription("Show the byte counts in human readable form.")
+                               .create('r');
+    Option summary = OptionBuilder.withLongOpt("summary")
+                               .withDescription("Only show the summary per row group.")
+                               .create('s');
+
+    OPTIONS.addOption(human);
+    OPTIONS.addOption(summary);
+  }
+
   public ShowMetaCommand() {
     super(1, 1);
   }
@@ -49,13 +66,19 @@ public String[] getUsageDescription() {
     return USAGE;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Options getOptions() {
+    return OPTIONS;
+  }
+
+
   @Override
   public void execute(CommandLine options) throws Exception {
     super.execute(options);
 
     String[] args = options.getArgs();
     String input = args[0];
-    
+
     Configuration conf = new Configuration();
     Path inputPath = new Path(input);
     FileStatus inputFileStatus = inputPath.getFileSystem(conf).getFileStatus(inputPath);
@@ -69,7 +92,7 @@ public void execute(CommandLine options) throws Exception {
 
     for(Footer f: footers) {
       out.format("file: %s%n" , f.getFile());
-      MetadataUtils.showDetails(out, f.getParquetMetadata());
+      MetadataUtils.showDetails(out, f.getParquetMetadata(), options.hasOption('r'), options.hasOption('s'));
       out.flushColumns();
     }
   }
diff --git a/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/util/MetadataUtils.java b/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/util/MetadataUtils.java
index a8c4fae4dd..f6acf105fc 100644
--- a/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/util/MetadataUtils.java
+++ b/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/util/MetadataUtils.java
@@ -46,16 +46,23 @@ public class MetadataUtils {
   public static final double BAD_COMPRESSION_RATIO_CUTOFF = 0.97;
   public static final double GOOD_COMPRESSION_RATIO_CUTOFF = 1.2;
 
-  public static void showDetails(PrettyPrintWriter out, ParquetMetadata meta) {
+  public static void showDetails(PrettyPrintWriter out, ParquetMetadata meta, boolean humanReadable, boolean summary) {
     showDetails(out, meta.getFileMetaData());
+    out.println();
 
     long i = 1;
     for (BlockMetaData bmeta : meta.getBlocks()) {
-      out.println();
-      showDetails(out, bmeta, i++);
+      showDetails(out, bmeta, i++, humanReadable, summary);
+      if( !summary ){
+        out.println();
+      }
     }
   }
 
+  public static void showDetails(PrettyPrintWriter out, ParquetMetadata meta) {
+    showDetails(out, meta, false, false);
+  }
+
   public static void showDetails(PrettyPrintWriter out, FileMetaData meta) {
     out.format("creator: %s%n", meta.getCreatedBy());
 
@@ -76,20 +83,28 @@ public static void showDetails(PrettyPrintWriter out, FileMetaData meta) {
   }
 
   public static void showDetails(PrettyPrintWriter out, BlockMetaData meta) {
-    showDetails(out, meta, null);
+    showDetails(out, meta, null, false, false);
   }
 
-  private static void showDetails(PrettyPrintWriter out, BlockMetaData meta, Long num) {
-    long rows = meta.getRowCount();
-    long tbs = meta.getTotalByteSize();
+  private static void showDetails(PrettyPrintWriter out, BlockMetaData meta, Long num, boolean humanReadable, boolean summary) {
+    long rows   = meta.getRowCount();
     long offset = meta.getStartingPos();
-
-    out.format("row group%s: RC:%d TS:%d OFFSET:%d%n", (num == null ? "" : " " + num), rows, tbs, offset);
-    out.rule('-');
-    showDetails(out, meta.getColumns());
+    String tbs  = (humanReadable)
+                ? PrettyPrintWriter.humanReadableByteCount(meta.getTotalByteSize())
+                : Long.toString(meta.getTotalByteSize());
+
+    out.format("row group%s: RC:%d TS:%s OFFSET:%d%n", (num == null ? "" : " " + num), rows, tbs, offset);
+    if( !summary ){
+      out.rule('-');
+      showDetails(out, meta.getColumns(), humanReadable);
+    }
   }
 
   public static void showDetails(PrettyPrintWriter out, List<ColumnChunkMetaData> ccmeta) {
+    showDetails(out, ccmeta, false);
+  }
+
+  public static void showDetails(PrettyPrintWriter out, List<ColumnChunkMetaData> ccmeta, boolean humanReadable) {
     Map<String,Object> chunks = new LinkedHashMap<String,Object>();
     for (ColumnChunkMetaData cmeta : ccmeta) {
       String[] path = cmeta.getPath().toArray();
@@ -107,29 +122,29 @@ public static void showDetails(PrettyPrintWriter out, List<ColumnChunkMetaData>
       current.put(path[path.length - 1], cmeta);
     }
 
-    showColumnChunkDetails(out, chunks, 0);
+    showColumnChunkDetails(out, chunks, 0, humanReadable);
   }
 
-  private static void showColumnChunkDetails(PrettyPrintWriter out, Map<String,Object> current, int depth) {
+  private static void showColumnChunkDetails(PrettyPrintWriter out, Map<String,Object> current, int depth, boolean humanReadable) {
     for (Map.Entry<String,Object> entry : current.entrySet()) {
       String name = Strings.repeat(".", depth) + entry.getKey();
       Object value = entry.getValue();
 
       if (value instanceof Map) {
         out.println(name + ": ");
-        showColumnChunkDetails(out, (Map<String,Object>)value, depth + 1);
+        showColumnChunkDetails(out, (Map<String,Object>)value, depth + 1, humanReadable);
       } else {
         out.print(name + ": ");
-        showDetails(out, (ColumnChunkMetaData)value, false);
+        showDetails(out, (ColumnChunkMetaData)value, false, humanReadable);
       }
     }
   }
 
   public static void showDetails(PrettyPrintWriter out, ColumnChunkMetaData meta) {
-    showDetails(out, meta, true);
+    showDetails(out, meta, true, false);
   }
 
-  private static void showDetails(PrettyPrintWriter out, ColumnChunkMetaData meta, boolean name) {
+  private static void showDetails(PrettyPrintWriter out, ColumnChunkMetaData meta, boolean name, boolean humanReadable) {
     long doff = meta.getDictionaryPageOffset();
     long foff = meta.getFirstDataPageOffset();
     long tsize = meta.getTotalSize();
@@ -147,7 +162,11 @@ private static void showDetails(PrettyPrintWriter out, ColumnChunkMetaData meta,
     out.format(" %s", meta.getCodec());
     out.format(" DO:%d", doff);
     out.format(" FPO:%d", foff);
-    out.format(" SZ:%d/%d/%.2f", tsize, usize, ratio);
+    if( humanReadable ) {
+      out.format(" SZ:%s/%s/%.2f", PrettyPrintWriter.humanReadableByteCount(tsize), PrettyPrintWriter.humanReadableByteCount(usize), ratio);
+    } else {
+      out.format(" SZ:%d/%d/%.2f", tsize, usize, ratio);
+    }
     out.format(" VC:%d", count);
     if (!encodings.isEmpty()) out.format(" ENC:%s", encodings);
     out.println();
diff --git a/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/util/PrettyPrintWriter.java b/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/util/PrettyPrintWriter.java
index 54956e3621..6b54d40bf7 100644
--- a/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/util/PrettyPrintWriter.java
+++ b/parquet-tools/src/main/java/parquet/tools/util/PrettyPrintWriter.java
@@ -954,6 +954,15 @@ public void toString(StringBuilder builder) {
     }
   }
 
+  // Taken from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3758606/how-to-convert-byte-size-into-human-readable-format-in-java
+  public static String humanReadableByteCount(long bytes) {
+    int unit = 1000;
+    if (bytes < unit) return bytes + " B";
+    int exp = (int) (Math.log(bytes) / Math.log(unit));
+    char pre = "KMGTPE".charAt(exp-1) ;
+    return String.format("%.1f %cB", bytes / Math.pow(unit, exp), pre);
+  }
+
   public static final class Span {
     private String span;
     private final String color;
diff --git a/parquet-tools/src/main/scripts/parquet-rowcount b/parquet-tools/src/main/scripts/parquet-rowcount
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..bbdcabfa3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parquet-tools/src/main/scripts/parquet-rowcount
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Copyright 2013 ARRIS, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+# The name of the top-level script
+TOPSCRIPT="parquet-tools"
+
+# Determine the path to the script's directory
+APPPATH=$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P )
+
+# Run the application
+exec "${APPPATH}/${TOPSCRIPT}" rowcount "$@"