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 machines
The 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.