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HDFS Commands

The document lists HDFS commands and provides a brief description of each command. Some common commands are ls, mkdir, rm, put, get, mv, cp, and chmod. Other commands relate to snapshots, truncating files, finding files, and getting statistics.

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HDFS Commands

The document lists HDFS commands and provides a brief description of each command. Some common commands are ls, mkdir, rm, put, get, mv, cp, and chmod. Other commands relate to snapshots, truncating files, finding files, and getting statistics.

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Manisha Shinde
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COMMAND DESCRIPTION

-ls List files with permissions and other details


-mkdir Creates a directory named path in HDFS
-rm To Remove File or a Directory
-rmr Removes the file that identified by path / Folder and
subfolders
-rmdir Delete a directory
-put Upload a file / Folder from the local disk to HDFS

-cat Display the contents for a file


-du Shows the size of the file on hdfs.
-dus Directory/file of total size
-get Store file / Folder from HDFS to local file
-getmerge Merge Multiple Files in an HDFS
-count Count number of directory, number of files and file
size
-setrep Changes the replication factor of a file
-mv HDFS Command to move files from source to
destination
-moveFromLocal Move file / Folder from local disk to HDFS
-moveToLocal Move a File to HDFS from Local
-cp Copy files from source to destination
-tail Displays last kilobyte of the file
-touch create, change and modify timestamps of a file
-touchz Create a new file on HDFS with size 0 bytes
-appendToFile Appends the content to the file which is present on
HDF
-copyFromLocal Copy file from local file system
-copyToLocal Copy files from HDFS to local file system
-usage Return the Help for Individual Command
-checksum Returns the checksum information of a file
-chgrp Change group association of files/change the group
of a file or a path
-chmod Change the permissions of a file
-chown change the owner and group of a file
-df Displays free space
-head Displays first kilobyte of the file
-Create Snapshots Create a snapshot of a snapshottable directory
-Delete Snapshots Delete a snapshot of from a snapshottable directory

-Rename Snapshots Rename a snapshot


-expunge create new checkpoint
-Stat Print statistics about the file/directory
-truncate Truncate all files that match the specified file
pattern to the specified length
-find Find File Size in HDFS

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