The best helpful HDFS File System Commands (2 of 4)

#Top-Selected-HDFS-file-system-commands

CopyFrom Local
Works similarly to the put command, except that the source is restricted to a local file reference.
hdfs dfs -copyFromLocal URI
hdfs dfs -copyFromLocal input/docs/data2.txt hdfs://localhost/user/rosemary/data2.txt

HDFS Commands Part-1of 4

copyToLocal
Works similarly to the get command, except that the destination is restricted to a local file reference.
hdfs dfs -copyToLocal [-ignorecrc] [-crc] URI
hdfs dfs -copyToLocal data2.txt data2.copy.txt

count
Counts the number of directories, files, and bytes under the paths that match the specified file pattern.
hdfs dfs -count [-q]
hdfs dfs -count hdfs://nn1.example.com/file1 hdfs://nn2.example.com/file2

cp
Copies one or more files from a specified source to a specified destination. If you specify multiple sources, the specified destination must be a directory.
hdfs dfs -cp URI [URI …]
hdfs dfs -cp /user/hadoop/file1 /user/hadoop/file2 /user/hadoop/dir

du
Displays the size of the specified file, or the sizes of files and directories that are contained in the specified directory. If you specify the -s option, displays an aggregate summary of file sizes rather than individual file sizes. If you specify the -h option, formats the file sizes in a "human-readable" way.

hdfs dfs -du [-s] [-h] URI [URI …]
hdfs dfs -du /user/hadoop/dir1 /user/hadoo