How to Execute WordCount Program in MapReduce using Cloudera Distribution Hadoop(CDH)

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025

Prerequisites: Hadoop and MapReduce

Counting the number of words in any language is a piece of cake like in C, C++, Python, Java, etc. MapReduce also uses Java but it is very easy if you know the syntax on how to write it. It is the basic of MapReduce. You will first learn how to execute this code similar to "Hello World" program in other languages. So here are the steps which show how to write a MapReduce code for Word Count.
Example:
Input:

Hello I am GeeksforGeeks
Hello I am an Intern

Output:

GeeksforGeeks  1
Hello    2
I        2
Intern   1
am       2
an       1

Steps:

First Open Eclipse -> then select File -> New -> Java Project ->Name it WordCount -> then Finish.

Create Three Java Classes into the project. Name them WCDriver(having the main function), WCMapper, WCReducer.
You have to include two Reference Libraries for that:
Right Click on Project -> then select Build Path-> Click on Configure Build Path

In the above figure, you can see the Add External JARs option on the Right Hand Side. Click on it and add the below mention files. You can find these files in /usr/lib/
1. /usr/lib/hadoop-0.20-mapreduce/hadoop-core-2.6.0-mr1-cdh5.13.0.jar
2. /usr/lib/hadoop/hadoop-common-2.6.0-cdh5.13.0.jar

Mapper Code: You have to copy paste this program into the WCMapper Java Class file.

Java

// Importing libraries
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.IntWritable;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.LongWritable;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapReduceBase;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Mapper;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.OutputCollector;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Reporter;

public class WCMapper extends MapReduceBase implements Mapper<LongWritable,
                                                Text, Text, IntWritable> {

    // Map function
    public void map(LongWritable key, Text value, OutputCollector<Text, 
                 IntWritable> output, Reporter rep) throws IOException
    {

        String line = value.toString();

        // Splitting the line on spaces
        for (String word : line.split(" ")) 
        {
            if (word.length() > 0)
            {
                output.collect(new Text(word), new IntWritable(1));
            }
        }
    }
}

Reducer Code: You have to copy paste this program into the WCReducer Java Class file.

Java

// Importing libraries
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Iterator;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.IntWritable;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapReduceBase;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.OutputCollector;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Reducer;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.Reporter;

public class WCReducer extends MapReduceBase implements Reducer<Text,
                                    IntWritable, Text, IntWritable> {

    // Reduce function
    public void reduce(Text key, Iterator<IntWritable> value, 
                   OutputCollector<Text, IntWritable> output, 
                            Reporter rep) throws IOException
    {

        int count = 0;

        // Counting the frequency of each words
        while (value.hasNext()) 
        {
            IntWritable i = value.next();
            count += i.get();
        }

        output.collect(key, new IntWritable(count));
    }
}

Driver Code: You have to copy paste this program into the WCDriver Java Class file.

Java

// Importing libraries
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configured;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.IntWritable;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.FileInputFormat;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.FileOutputFormat;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobClient;
import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobConf;
import org.apache.hadoop.util.Tool;
import org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolRunner;

public class WCDriver extends Configured implements Tool {

    public int run(String args[]) throws IOException
    {
        if (args.length < 2)
        {
            System.out.println("Please give valid inputs");
            return -1;
        }

        JobConf conf = new JobConf(WCDriver.class);
        FileInputFormat.setInputPaths(conf, new Path(args[0]));
        FileOutputFormat.setOutputPath(conf, new Path(args[1]));
        conf.setMapperClass(WCMapper.class);
        conf.setReducerClass(WCReducer.class);
        conf.setMapOutputKeyClass(Text.class);
        conf.setMapOutputValueClass(IntWritable.class);
        conf.setOutputKeyClass(Text.class);
        conf.setOutputValueClass(IntWritable.class);
        JobClient.runJob(conf);
        return 0;
    }

    // Main Method
    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception
    {
        int exitCode = ToolRunner.run(new WCDriver(), args);
        System.out.println(exitCode);
    }
}

Now you have to make a jar file. Right Click on Project-> Click on Export-> Select export destination as Jar File-> Name the jar File(WordCount.jar) -> Click on next -> at last Click on Finish. Now copy this file into the Workspace directory of Cloudera

Open the terminal on CDH and change the directory to the workspace. You can do this by using "cd workspace/" command. Now, Create a text file(WCFile.txt) and move it to HDFS. For that open terminal and write this code(remember you should be in the same directory as jar file you have created just now).