Copy Files from Hadoop HDFS to Local
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Copy file from HDFS to local
Use the following command:
hadoop fs [-copyToLocal [-f] [-p] [-ignoreCrc] [-crc] <src> ... <localdst>]
For example, copy a file from /hdfs-file.txt in HDFS to local /tmp/ using the following command:
hadoop fs -copyToLocal /hdfs-file.txt /tmp/hdfs-file.txt
HDFS CLI
If you forgot any HDFS commands, you can use the following command to list all of them:
hadoop fs
The output will generate all the commands (not all of them are implemented yet):
hadoop fs
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>]
[-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> ...]
[-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 machinesThe general command line syntax is:
command [genericOptions] [commandOptions]
If you want to view the detailed syntax for any command, you can try the following command:
hadoop fs -help [command]
For example, run command ‘hadoop fs -help copyToLocal’ will generate the following output:
hadoop fs -help copyToLocal
-copyToLocal [-f] [-p] [-ignoreCrc] [-crc] <src> ... <localdst> :
Identical to the -get command.