1HDFSCLI(1)                       User Commands                      HDFSCLI(1)
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NAME

6       hdfscli – a command line interface for HDFS
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SYNOPSIS

9       hdfscli [interactive] [-a ALIAS] [-v...]
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11       hdfscli  download  [-fsa ALIAS]  [-v...]   [-t THREADS]  HDFS_PATH  LO‐
12       CAL_PATH
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14       hdfscli upload [-sa ALIAS] [-v...]  [-A | -f]  [-t THREADS]  LOCAL_PATH
15       HDFS_PATH
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17       hdfscli -L | -v | -h
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OPTIONS

20   COMMANDS
21       download
22              Download  a file or folder from HDFS.  If a single file is down‐
23              loaded, - can be specified as LOCAL_PATH to stream it  to  stan‐
24              dard out.
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26       interactive
27              Upload  a  file  or  folder  to HDFS.  - can be specified as LO‐
28              CAL_PATH to read from standard in.  Start the client and  expose
29              it via the python interpreter (using ipython(1) if available).
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31       upload Upload  a  file  or  folder  to HDFS.  - can be specified as LO‐
32              CAL_PATH to read from standard in.
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34   ARGUMENTS
35       HDFS_PATH
36              Remote HDFS path.
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38       LOCAL_PATH
39              Path to local file or directory.
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41   OPTIONS
42       -A --append
43              Append data to an existing file.  Only supported if uploading  a
44              single file or from standard in.
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46       -L --log
47              Show path to current log file and exit.
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50              Show version and exit.
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52       -a ALIAS--alias=ALIAS
53              Alias of namenode to connect to.
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55       -f --force
56              Allow overwriting any existing files.
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58       -s --silent
59              Don’t display progress status.
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61       -t THREADS--threads=THREADS
62              Number  of  threads  to  use for parallelization.  0 allocates a
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66              Enable log output.  Can be specified up to three times (increas‐
67              ing verbosity each time).
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EXIT STATUS

70       HdfsCLI  exits  with  return status 1 if an error occurred and 0 other‐
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EXAMPLES

74       hdfscli -a prod /user/foo
75       hdfscli download features.avro dat/
76       hdfscli download logs/1987-03-23 - >>logs
77       hdfscli upload -f - data/weights.tsv <weights.tsv
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SEE ALSO

80       hdfscli-avro(1)
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86                                 October 2021                       HDFSCLI(1)
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