HDFS Commands Part - II
In part - I session we learned about HDFS basic commands, in this session will see the intermediate level commands. Before read this article I suggest you to learn basic hdfs commands. Commands 1. copyFromLocal This HDFS command is similar to put command, but the source is restricted to a local file reference. Usages: hdfs dfs -copyFromLocal <local_path> <hdfs_path> Example: hdfs dfs -copyFromLocal /home/user/Desktop/file.orc /dir_1/ 2. copyToLocal This HDFS command will copy file/directory from HDFS to local file system. Usages: hdfs dfs -copyToLocal <hdfs_path <local_path> Example: hdfs dfs -copyToLocal /dir_1/file.orc /home/user/Desktop/ 3. text This HDFS command will take the source file and display the file content in text formad. Usages: hdfs dfs -text <hdfs_file_path> ...