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Basic Hadoop Commands

1. mkdir:
This is no different from the UNIX mkdir command and is used to create a directory
on an HDFS environment.

2. touchz:
This command can be used to create a file of zero bytes size in HDFS filesystem.

Example:
$ hadoop fs -touchz /user/training/BBA/sample.txt
3. ls:
This is no different from the UNIX ls command and it is used for listing
the directories present under a specific directory in an HDFS system. The –lsr
command may be used for the recursive listing of the directories and files
under a specific folder.
$ hadoop fs -ls /

4. Print the Hadoop version

The Hadoop fs shell command version prints the Hadoop version.

$ hadoop version
5. cat:
This command is similar to the UNIX cat command and is used for displaying the
contents of a file on the console.
Example:
$ hadoop fs -cat /user/data/sampletext.txt
6. cp:
This command is similar to the UNIX cp command, and it is used for copying files
from one directory to another directory within the HDFS file system.
Example:
$ hadoop fs -cp /user/data/sample1.txt /user/hadoop1
$ hadoop fs -cp /user/data/sample2.txt /user/test/in1
7. mv:
This command is similar to the UNIX mv command, and it is used for moving a file
from one directory to another directory within the HDFS file system.
Example:
$ hadoop fs -mv /user/hadoop/sample1.txt /user/text/
8. Put
The Hadoop fs shell command put is similar to the copyFromLocal,
which copies files or directory from the local filesystem to the destination in
the Hadoop filesystem.
$ hadoop fs -put sample.txt /user/data/

$ hadoop fs -copyFromLocal sample.txt /user/data/


9. get:
This command is used to copy files from HDFS file system to the local
file system, just the opposite to put command.
$ hadoop fs -get /user/data/sample.txt workspace/
copyToLocal command copies the file from HDFS to the local file system.
$ hadoop fs - copyToLocal /user/data/sample.txt workspace/

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