hadoop fs command

from http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/stable/hadoop-project-dist/hadoop-common/FileSystemShell.html

 

Usage: hadoop fs [generic options]

        [-appendToFile <localsrc> ... <dst>]

        [-cat [-ignoreCrc] <src> ...]

        [-checksum <src> ...]

        [-chgrp [-R] GROUP PATH...]

        [-chmod [-R] <MODE[,MODE]... | OCTALMODE> PATH...]

        [-chown [-R] [OWNER][:[GROUP]] PATH...]

        [-copyFromLocal [-f] [-p] [-l] [-d] [-t <thread count>] <localsrc> ... <dst>]

        [-copyToLocal [-f] [-p] [-ignoreCrc] [-crc] <src> ... <localdst>]

        [-count [-q] [-h] [-v] [-t [<storage type>]] [-u] [-x] [-e] <path> ...]

        [-cp [-f] [-p | -p[topax]] [-d] <src> ... <dst>]

        [-createSnapshot <snapshotDir> [<snapshotName>]]

        [-deleteSnapshot <snapshotDir> <snapshotName>]

        [-df [-h] [<path> ...]]

        [-du [-s] [-h] [-v] [-x] <path> ...]

        [-expunge]

        [-find <path> ... <expression> ...]

        [-get [-f] [-p] [-ignoreCrc] [-crc] <src> ... <localdst>]

        [-getfacl [-R] <path>]

        [-getfattr [-R] {-n name | -d} [-e en] <path>]

        [-getmerge [-nl] [-skip-empty-file] <src> <localdst>]

        [-head <file>]

        [-help [cmd ...]]

        [-ls [-C] [-d] [-h] [-q] [-R] [-t] [-S] [-r] [-u] [-e] [<path> ...]]

        [-mkdir [-p] <path> ...]

        [-moveFromLocal <localsrc> ... <dst>]

        [-moveToLocal <src> <localdst>]

        [-mv <src> ... <dst>]

        [-put [-f] [-p] [-l] [-d] <localsrc> ... <dst>]

        [-renameSnapshot <snapshotDir> <oldName> <newName>]

        [-rm [-f] [-r|-R] [-skipTrash] [-safely] <src> ...]

        [-rmdir [--ignore-fail-on-non-empty] <dir> ...]

        [-setfacl [-R] [{-b|-k} {-m|-x <acl_spec>} <path>]|[--set <acl_spec> <path>]]

        [-setfattr {-n name [-v value] | -x name} <path>]

        [-setrep [-R] [-w] <rep> <path> ...]

        [-stat [format] <path> ...]

        [-tail [-f] <file>]

        [-test -[defsz] <path>]

        [-text [-ignoreCrc] <src> ...]

        [-touch [-a] [-m] [-t TIMESTAMP ] [-c] <path> ...]

        [-touchz <path> ...]

        [-truncate [-w] <length> <path> ...]

        [-usage [cmd ...]]

 

Generic options supported are:

-conf <configuration file>        specify an application configuration file

-D <property=value>               define a value for a given property

-fs <file:///|hdfs://namenode:port> specify default filesystem URL to use, overrides 'fs.defaultFS' property from configurations.

-jt <local|resourcemanager:port>  specify a ResourceManager

-files <file1,...>                specify a comma-separated list of files to be copied to the map reduce cluster

-libjars <jar1,...>               specify a comma-separated list of jar files to be included in the classpath

-archives <archive1,...>          specify a comma-separated list of archives to be unarchived on the compute machines

 

The general command line syntax is:

command [genericOptions] [commandOptions]

 

 

 

 

appendToFile

Usage: hadoop fs -appendToFile <localsrc> ... <dst>

 

Append single src, or multiple srcs from local file system to the destination file system. Also reads input from stdin and appends to destination file system.

 

• hadoop fs -appendToFile localfile /user/hadoop/hadoopfile
• hadoop fs -appendToFile localfile1 localfile2 /user/hadoop/hadoopfile
• hadoop fs -appendToFile localfile hdfs://nn.example.com/hadoop/hadoopfile
• hadoop fs -appendToFile - hdfs://nn.example.com/hadoop/hadoopfile Reads the input from stdin.

 

Exit Code:

Returns 0 on success and 1 on error.

 

cat

Usage: hadoop fs -cat [-ignoreCrc] URI [URI ...]

 

Copies source paths to stdout.

 

Options

• The -ignoreCrc option disables checkshum verification.

 

Example:

• hadoop fs -cat hdfs://nn1.example.com/file1 hdfs://nn2.example.com/file2
• hadoop fs -cat file:///file3 /user/hadoop/file4

 

Exit Code:

Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.

 

checksum

Usage: hadoop fs -checksum URI

 

Returns the checksum information of a file.

 

Example:

• hadoop fs -checksum hdfs://nn1.example.com/file1
• hadoop fs -checksum file:///etc/hosts

 

chgrp

Usage: hadoop fs -chgrp [-R] GROUP URI [URI ...]

 

Change group association of files. The user must be the owner of files, or else a super-user. Additional information is in the Permissions Guide.

 

Options

• The -R option will make the change recursively through the directory structure.

 

chmod

Usage: hadoop fs -chmod [-R] <MODE[,MODE]... | OCTALMODE> URI [URI ...]

 

Change the permissions of files. With -R, make the change recursively through the directory structure. The user must be the owner of the file, or else a super-user. Additional information is in the Permissions Guide.

 

Options

• The -R option will make the change recursively through the directory structure.

 

chown

Usage: hadoop fs -chown [-R] [OWNER][:[GROUP]] URI [URI ]

 

Change the owner of files. The user must be a super-user. Additional information is in the Permissions Guide.

 

Options

• The -R option will make the change recursively through the directory structure.

 

copyFromLocal

Usage: hadoop fs -copyFromLocal <localsrc> URI

 

Similar to the fs -put command, except that the source is restricted to a local file reference.

 

Options:

• -p : Preserves access and modification times, ownership and the permissions. (assuming the permissions can be propagated across filesystems)
• -f : Overwrites the destination if it already exists.
• -l : Allow DataNode to lazily persist the file to disk, Forces a replication factor of 1. This flag will result in reduced durability. Use with care.
• -d : Skip creation of temporary file with the suffix ._COPYING_.

 

copyToLocal

Usage: hadoop fs -copyToLocal [-ignorecrc] [-crc] URI <localdst>

 

Similar to get command, except that the destination is restricted to a local file reference.

 

count

Usage: hadoop fs -count [-q] [-h] [-v] [-x] [-t [<storage type>]] [-u] <paths>

 

Count the number of directories, files and bytes under the paths that match the specified file pattern. Get the quota and the usage. The output columns with -count are: DIR_COUNT, FILE_COUNT, CONTENT_SIZE, PATHNAME

 

• The -u and -q options control what columns the output contains. -q means show quotas, -u limits the output to show quotas and usage only.
• The output columns with -count -q are: QUOTA, REMAINING_QUOTA, SPACE_QUOTA, REMAINING_SPACE_QUOTA, DIR_COUNT, FILE_COUNT, CONTENT_SIZE, PATHNAME
• The output columns with -count -u are: QUOTA, REMAINING_QUOTA, SPACE_QUOTA, REMAINING_SPACE_QUOTA, PATHNAME
• The -t option shows the quota and usage for each storage type. The -t option is ignored if -u or -q option is not given. The list of possible parameters that can be used in -t option(case insensitive except the parameter "“): ”“, ”all“, ”ram_disk“, ”ssd“, ”disk“ or ”archive".
• The -h option shows sizes in human readable format.
• The -v option displays a header line.
• The -x option excludes snapshots from the result calculation. Without the -x option (default), the result is always calculated from all INodes, including all snapshots under the given path. The -x option is ignored if -u or -q option is given.

 

Example:

• hadoop fs -count hdfs://nn1.example.com/file1 hdfs://nn2.example.com/file2
• hadoop fs -count -q hdfs://nn1.example.com/file1
• hadoop fs -count -q -h hdfs://nn1.example.com/file1
• hadoop fs -count -q -h -v hdfs://nn1.example.com/file1
• hadoop fs -count -u hdfs://nn1.example.com/file1
• hadoop fs -count -u -h hdfs://nn1.example.com/file1
• hadoop fs -count -u -h -v hdfs://nn1.example.com/file1

 

Exit Code:

Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.

 

cp

Usage: hadoop fs -cp [-f] [-p | -p[topax]] URI [URI ...] <dest>

 

Copy files from source to destination. This command allows multiple sources as well in which case the destination must be a directory.

 

‘raw.*’ namespace extended attributes are preserved if (1) the source and destination filesystems support them (HDFS only), and (2) all source and destination pathnames are in the /.reserved/raw hierarchy. Determination of whether raw.* namespace xattrs are preserved is independent of the -p (preserve) flag.

 

Options:

 

• The -f option will overwrite the destination if it already exists.
• The -p option will preserve file attributes [topx] (timestamps, ownership, permission, ACL, XAttr). If -p is specified with no arg, then preserves timestamps, ownership, permission. If -pa is specified, then preserves permission also because ACL is a super-set of permission. Determination of whether raw namespace extended attributes are preserved is independent of the -p flag.

 

Example:

• hadoop fs -cp /user/hadoop/file1 /user/hadoop/file2
• hadoop fs -cp /user/hadoop/file1 /user/hadoop/file2 /user/hadoop/dir

 

Exit Code:

Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.

 

createSnapshot

See HDFS Snapshots Guide.

 

deleteSnapshot

See HDFS Snapshots Guide.

 

df

Usage: hadoop fs -df [-h] URI [URI ...]

 

Displays free space.

 

Options:

• The -h option will format file sizes in a “human-readable” fashion (e.g 64.0m instead of 67108864)

 

Example:

• hadoop dfs -df /user/hadoop/dir1

 

du

Usage: hadoop fs -du [-s] [-h] [-x] URI [URI ...]

 

Displays sizes of files and directories contained in the given directory or the length of a file in case its just a file.

 

Options:

• The -s option will result in an aggregate summary of file lengths being displayed, rather than the individual files. Without the -s option, calculation is done by going 1-level deep from the given path.
• The -h option will format file sizes in a “human-readable” fashion (e.g 64.0m instead of 67108864)
• The -x option will exclude snapshots from the result calculation. Without the -x option (default), the result is always calculated from all INodes, including all snapshots under the given path.

 

The du returns three columns with the following format:

size disk_space_consumed_with_all_replicas full_path_name

 

Example:

• hadoop fs -du /user/hadoop/dir1 /user/hadoop/file1 hdfs://nn.example.com/user/hadoop/dir1

 

Exit Code: Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.

 

dus

Usage: hadoop fs -dus <args>

 

Displays a summary of file lengths.

 

Note: This command is deprecated. Instead use hadoop fs -du -s.

 

expunge

Usage: hadoop fs -expunge

 

Permanently delete files in checkpoints older than the retention threshold from trash directory, and create new checkpoint.

 

When checkpoint is created, recently deleted files in trash are moved under the checkpoint. Files in checkpoints older than fs.trash.interval will be permanently deleted on the next invocation of -expunge command.

 

If the file system supports the feature, users can configure to create and delete checkpoints periodically by the parameter stored as fs.trash.checkpoint.interval (in core-site.xml). This value should be smaller or equal to fs.trash.interval.

 

Refer to the HDFS Architecture guide for more information about trash feature of HDFS.

 

find

Usage: hadoop fs -find <path> ... <expression> ...

 

Finds all files that match the specified expression and applies selected actions to them. If no path is specified then defaults to the current working directory. If no expression is specified then defaults to -print.

 

The following primary expressions are recognised:

-name pattern

-iname pattern

 

Evaluates as true if the basename of the file matches the pattern using standard file system globbing. If -iname is used then the match is case insensitive.

 

-print

-print0

 

Always evaluates to true. Causes the current pathname to be written to standard output. If the -print0 expression is used then an ASCII NULL character is appended.

 

The following operators are recognised:

 

expression -a expression

expression -and expression

expression expression

 

Logical AND operator for joining two expressions. Returns true if both child expressions return true. Implied by the juxtaposition of two expressions and so does not need to be explicitly specified. The second expression will not be applied if the first fails.

 

Example:

• hadoop fs -find / -name test -print

 

Exit Code:

Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.

 

get

Usage: hadoop fs -get [-ignorecrc] [-crc] [-p] [-f] <src> <localdst>

 

Copy files to the local file system. Files that fail the CRC check may be copied with the -ignorecrc option. Files and CRCs may be copied using the -crc option.

 

Example:

• hadoop fs -get /user/hadoop/file localfile
• hadoop fs -get hdfs://nn.example.com/user/hadoop/file localfile

 

Exit Code:

Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.

 

Options:

• -p : Preserves access and modification times, ownership and the permissions. (assuming the permissions can be propagated across filesystems)
• -f : Overwrites the destination if it already exists.
• -ignorecrc : Skip CRC checks on the file(s) downloaded.
• -crc: write CRC checksums for the files downloaded.

 

getfacl

Usage: hadoop fs -getfacl [-R] <path>

 

Displays the Access Control Lists (ACLs) of files and directories. If a directory has a default ACL, then getfacl also displays the default ACL.

 

Options:

• -R: List the ACLs of all files and directories recursively.
• path: File or directory to list.

 

Examples:

• hadoop fs -getfacl /file
• hadoop fs -getfacl -R /dir

 

Exit Code:

Returns 0 on success and non-zero on error.

 

getfattr

Usage: hadoop fs -getfattr [-R] -n name | -d [-e en] <path>

 

Displays the extended attribute names and values (if any) for a file or directory.

 

Options:

• -R: Recursively list the attributes for all files and directories.
• -n name: Dump the named extended attribute value.
• -d: Dump all extended attribute values associated with pathname.
• -e encoding: Encode values after retrieving them. Valid encodings are “text”, “hex”, and “base64”. Values encoded as text strings are enclosed in double quotes ("), and values encoded as hexadecimal and base64 are prefixed with 0x and 0s, respectively.
• path: The file or directory.

 

Examples:

• hadoop fs -getfattr -d /file
• hadoop fs -getfattr -R -n user.myAttr /dir

 

Exit Code:

Returns 0 on success and non-zero on error.

 

getmerge

Usage: hadoop fs -getmerge [-nl] <src> <localdst>

 

Takes a source directory and a destination file as input and concatenates files in src into the destination local file. Optionally -nl can be set to enable adding a newline character (LF) at the end of each file. -skip-empty-file can be used to avoid unwanted newline characters in case of empty files.

 

Examples:

• hadoop fs -getmerge -nl /src /opt/output.txt
• hadoop fs -getmerge -nl /src/file1.txt /src/file2.txt /output.txt

 

Exit Code:

Returns 0 on success and non-zero on error.

 

help

Usage: hadoop fs -help

 

Return usage output.

 

ls

Usage: hadoop fs -ls [-C] [-d] [-h] [-q] [-R] [-t] [-S] [-r] [-u] <args>

 

Options:

• -C: Display the paths of files and directories only.
• -d: Directories are listed as plain files.
• -h: Format file sizes in a human-readable fashion (eg 64.0m instead of 67108864).
• -q: Print ? instead of non-printable characters.
• -R: Recursively list subdirectories encountered.
• -t: Sort output by modification time (most recent first).
• -S: Sort output by file size.
• -r: Reverse the sort order.
• -u: Use access time rather than modification time for display and sorting.

 

For a file ls returns stat on the file with the following format:

permissions number_of_replicas userid groupid filesize modification_date modification_time filename

 

For a directory it returns list of its direct children as in Unix. A directory is listed as:

permissions userid groupid modification_date modification_time dirname

 

Files within a directory are order by filename by default.

 

Example:

• hadoop fs -ls /user/hadoop/file1

 

Exit Code:

Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.

 

lsr

Usage: hadoop fs -lsr <args>

 

Recursive version of ls.

Note: This command is deprecated. Instead use hadoop fs -ls -R

 

mkdir

Usage: hadoop fs -mkdir [-p] <paths>

 

Takes path uri’s as argument and creates directories.

 

Options:

• The -p option behavior is much like Unix mkdir -p, creating parent directories along the path.

 

Example:

• hadoop fs -mkdir /user/hadoop/dir1 /user/hadoop/dir2
• hadoop fs -mkdir hdfs://nn1.example.com/user/hadoop/dir hdfs://nn2.example.com/user/hadoop/dir

 

Exit Code:

Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.

 

moveFromLocal

Usage: hadoop fs -moveFromLocal <localsrc> <dst>

 

Similar to put command, except that the source localsrc is deleted after it’s copied.

 

moveToLocal

Usage: hadoop fs -moveToLocal [-crc] <src> <dst>

 

Displays a “Not implemented yet” message.

 

mv

Usage: hadoop fs -mv URI [URI ...] <dest>

 

Moves files from source to destination. This command allows multiple sources as well in which case the destination needs to be a directory. Moving files across file systems is not permitted.

 

Example:

• hadoop fs -mv /user/hadoop/file1 /user/hadoop/file2
• hadoop fs -mv hdfs://nn.example.com/file1 hdfs://nn.example.com/file2 hdfs://nn.example.com/file3 hdfs://nn.example.com/dir1

 

Exit Code:

Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.

 

put

Usage: hadoop fs -put [-f] [-p] [-l] [-d] [ - | <localsrc1> .. ]. <dst>

 

Copy single src, or multiple srcs from local file system to the destination file system. Also reads input from stdin and writes to destination file system if the source is set to “-”

 

Copying fails if the file already exists, unless the -f flag is given.

 

Options:

• -p : Preserves access and modification times, ownership and the permissions. (assuming the permissions can be propagated across filesystems)
• -f : Overwrites the destination if it already exists.
• -l : Allow DataNode to lazily persist the file to disk, Forces a replication factor of 1. This flag will result in reduced durability. Use with care.
• -d : Skip creation of temporary file with the suffix ._COPYING_.

 

Examples:

• hadoop fs -put localfile /user/hadoop/hadoopfile
• hadoop fs -put -f localfile1 localfile2 /user/hadoop/hadoopdir
• hadoop fs -put -d localfile hdfs://nn.example.com/hadoop/hadoopfile
• hadoop fs -put - hdfs://nn.example.com/hadoop/hadoopfile Reads the input from stdin.

 

Exit Code:

Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.

 

renameSnapshot

See HDFS Snapshots Guide.

 

rm

Usage: hadoop fs -rm [-f] [-r |-R] [-skipTrash] [-safely] URI [URI ...]

 

Delete files specified as args.

 

If trash is enabled, file system instead moves the deleted file to a trash directory (given by FileSystem#getTrashRoot).

 

Currently, the trash feature is disabled by default. User can enable trash by setting a value greater than zero for parameter fs.trash.interval (in core-site.xml).

 

See expunge about deletion of files in trash.

 

Options:

• The -f option will not display a diagnostic message or modify the exit status to reflect an error if the file does not exist.
• The -R option deletes the directory and any content under it recursively.
• The -r option is equivalent to -R.
• The -skipTrash option will bypass trash, if enabled, and delete the specified file(s) immediately. This can be useful when it is necessary to delete files from an over-quota directory.
• The -safely option will require safety confirmation before deleting directory with total number of files greater than hadoop.shell.delete.limit.num.files (in core-site.xml, default: 100). It can be used with -skipTrash to prevent accidental deletion of large directories. Delay is expected when walking over large directory recursively to count the number of files to be deleted before the confirmation.

 

Example:

• hadoop fs -rm hdfs://nn.example.com/file /user/hadoop/emptydir

 

Exit Code:

Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.

 

rmdir

Usage: hadoop fs -rmdir [--ignore-fail-on-non-empty] URI [URI ...]

 

Delete a directory.

 

Options:

• --ignore-fail-on-non-empty: When using wildcards, do not fail if a directory still contains files.

 

Example:

• hadoop fs -rmdir /user/hadoop/emptydir

 

rmr

Usage: hadoop fs -rmr [-skipTrash] URI [URI ...]

 

Recursive version of delete.

 

Note: This command is deprecated. Instead use hadoop fs -rm -r

 

setfacl

Usage: hadoop fs -setfacl [-R] [-b |-k -m |-x <acl_spec> <path>] |[--set <acl_spec> <path>]

 

Sets Access Control Lists (ACLs) of files and directories.

 

Options:

• -b: Remove all but the base ACL entries. The entries for user, group and others are retained for compatibility with permission bits.
• -k: Remove the default ACL.
• -R: Apply operations to all files and directories recursively.
• -m: Modify ACL. New entries are added to the ACL, and existing entries are retained.
• -x: Remove specified ACL entries. Other ACL entries are retained.
• --set: Fully replace the ACL, discarding all existing entries. The acl_spec must include entries for user, group, and others for compatibility with permission bits.
• acl_spec: Comma separated list of ACL entries.
• path: File or directory to modify.

 

Examples:

• hadoop fs -setfacl -m user:hadoop:rw- /file
• hadoop fs -setfacl -x user:hadoop /file
• hadoop fs -setfacl -b /file
• hadoop fs -setfacl -k /dir
• hadoop fs -setfacl --set user::rw-,user:hadoop:rw-,group::r--,other::r-- /file
• hadoop fs -setfacl -R -m user:hadoop:r-x /dir
• hadoop fs -setfacl -m default:user:hadoop:r-x /dir

 

Exit Code:

Returns 0 on success and non-zero on error.

 

setfattr

Usage: hadoop fs -setfattr -n name [-v value] | -x name <path>

 

Sets an extended attribute name and value for a file or directory.

 

Options:

• -n name: The extended attribute name.
• -v value: The extended attribute value. There are three different encoding methods for the value. If the argument is enclosed in double quotes, then the value is the string inside the quotes. If the argument is prefixed with 0x or 0X, then it is taken as a hexadecimal number. If the argument begins with 0s or 0S, then it is taken as a base64 encoding.
• -x name: Remove the extended attribute.
• path: The file or directory.

 

Examples:

• hadoop fs -setfattr -n user.myAttr -v myValue /file
• hadoop fs -setfattr -n user.noValue /file
• hadoop fs -setfattr -x user.myAttr /file

 

Exit Code:

Returns 0 on success and non-zero on error.

 

setrep

Usage: hadoop fs -setrep [-R] [-w] <numReplicas> <path>

 

Changes the replication factor of a file. If path is a directory then the command recursively changes the replication factor of all files under the directory tree rooted at path.

 

Options:

• The -w flag requests that the command wait for the replication to complete. This can potentially take a very long time.
• The -R flag is accepted for backwards compatibility. It has no effect.

 

Example:

• hadoop fs -setrep -w 3 /user/hadoop/dir1

 

Exit Code:

Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.

 

stat

Usage: hadoop fs -stat [format] <path> ...

 

Print statistics about the file/directory at <path> in the specified format. Format accepts permissions in octal (%a) and symbolic (%A), filesize in bytes (%b), type (%F), group name of owner (%g), name (%n), block size (%o), replication (%r), user name of owner(%u), access date(%x, %X), and modification date (%y, %Y). %x and %y show UTC date as “yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss”, and %X and %Y show milliseconds since January 1, 1970 UTC. If the format is not specified, %y is used by default.

 

Example:

hadoop fs -stat "type:%F perm:%a %u:%g size:%b mtime:%y atime:%x name:%n" /file

 

Exit Code: Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.

 

tail

Usage: hadoop fs -tail [-f] URI

 

Displays last kilobyte of the file to stdout.

 

Options:

• The -f option will output appended data as the file grows, as in Unix.

 

Example:

• hadoop fs -tail pathname

 

Exit Code: Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.

 

test

Usage: hadoop fs -test -[defsz] URI

 

Options:

• -d: f the path is a directory, return 0.
• -e: if the path exists, return 0.
• -f: if the path is a file, return 0.
• -s: if the path is not empty, return 0.
• -r: if the path exists and read permission is granted, return 0.
• -w: if the path exists and write permission is granted, return 0.
• -z: if the file is zero length, return 0.

 

Example:

• hadoop fs -test -e filename

 

text

Usage: hadoop fs -text <src>

 

Takes a source file and outputs the file in text format. The allowed formats are zip and TextRecordInputStream.

 

touchz

Usage: hadoop fs -touchz URI [URI ...]

 

Create a file of zero length. An error is returned if the file exists with non-zero length.

 

Example:

• hadoop fs -touchz pathname

 

Exit Code: Returns 0 on success and -1 on error.

 

truncate

Usage: hadoop fs -truncate [-w] <length> <paths>

 

Truncate all files that match the specified file pattern to the specified length.

 

Options:

• The -w flag requests that the command waits for block recovery to complete, if necessary. Without -w flag the file may remain unclosed for some time while the recovery is in progress. During this time file cannot be reopened for append.

 

Example:

hadoop fs -truncate 55 /user/hadoop/file1 /user/hadoop/file2

hadoop fs -truncate -w 127 hdfs://nn1.example.com/user/hadoop/file1

 

usage

Usage: hadoop fs -usage command

 

Return the help for an individual command.