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Command Syntax Description Use Case

List Lists files and To view contents in a HDFS


Files/Directories hadoop fs -ls /path directories. directory.
Creates a new To create a new directory in
Make Directory hadoop fs -mkdir /path directory. HDFS.
Remove File hadoop fs -rm /path Deletes a file. To delete a file from HDFS.
To remove an empty directory
Remove Directory hadoop fs -rmdir /path Deletes a directory. from HDFS.
hadoop fs -put localpath To upload a file from local to
Copy to HDFS hdfs://path Copies a file to HDFS. HDFS.
hadoop fs -get hdfs://path Copies a file from To download a file from HDFS to
Copy from HDFS localpath HDFS. local.
To view the contents of a file in
Display File hadoop fs -cat /path Displays file content. HDFS.
Move File hadoop fs -mv /source /dest Moves a file in HDFS. To move a file within HDFS.

hadoop fs -appendToFile Appends to a file in To add more content to an


Append to File localfile hdfs://path HDFS. existing file in HDFS.
Displays file system To check the storage usage of
Check Usage hadoop fs -df hdfs://path usage. HDFS.
hadoop distcp
Copy Between hdfs://srcpath Copies files between To migrate or backup data
Clusters hdfs://destpath HDFS clusters. between HDFS clusters.
hdfs fsck /path -files - Checks the health of To perform health check and
File System Check blocks files and blocks. diagnostics on HDFS.
To modify read/write/execute
Change hadoop fs -chmod 755 Changes file permissions of a file/directory in
Permissions /path permissions. HDFS.
hadoop fs -chown Changes the owner of To change the owner of a
Change Owner user:group /path a file. file/directory in HDFS.
Count Counts the number of To get the count of files and
Files/Directories hadoop fs -count /path files/directories. directories in a HDFS path.
Balances HDFS data To redistribute HDFS data
Balancer hdfs balancer across DataNodes. uniformly across DataNodes.
To enable/disable HDFS
hdfs dfsadmin -safemode Manages HDFS safemode for maintenance or
Safemode enter/leave safemode. troubleshooting.
Generates HDFS To get a detailed report on the
Report hdfs dfsadmin -report cluster report. status of HDFS cluster.
Decommission hdfs dfsadmin - Decommissions To remove DataNodes safely
Nodes decommission <nodes> DataNodes. from the HDFS cluster.

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