Usage

make and remove directories

copy or move file from local system to HDFS

list files in HDFS

disk utilization

move or copy files with HDFS

display file content

display file content - last 1KB

copy or move file from HDFS to local system

modify file/directory permission

change owner of file/directory

add the entire local directory
remove hdfs file / directory
help

Command / Syntax
$ bin/hadoop fs -mkdir [dir-name]
$ bin/hadoop fs -rmdir [dir-name]
Recursive Delete (for non-empty directories):
$ bin/hadoop fs -rmr [dir-name]

$ bin/hadoop fs -copyFromLocal
$ bin/hadoop fs -moveFromLocal

[local-source] [hdfs-destination]
[local-source] [hdfs-destination]

$ bin/hadoop fs -ls [dir-name]

$ bin/hadoop fs -du [path]
$ bin/hadoop fs -mv
$ bin/hadoop fs -mv

[source]
[source]

[destination]
[destination]

$ bin/hadoop fs -cat [filename]

$ bin/hadoop fs -tail [filename]

$ bin/hadoop fs -copyToLocal
$ bin/hadoop fs -moveToLocal

[source] [local-destination]
[source] [local-destination]

$ bin/hadoop fs -chmod [-R] mode,mode,...

$ bin/hadoop fs -chown [-R] [owner][:[group]]

[path]

[path]

$ bin/hadoop fs -put [local-source] [hdfs-destination]

$ bin/hadoop fs -rm [hdfs-destination]
$ bin/hadoop fs -help

Examples
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ls -ltr $HOME
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-mkdir /hduser00
-mkdir /testing00
-ls /
-ls /hduser00
-ls /testing00
-rmdir /testing00
-ls /
-copyFromLocal

$HOME/testing123.txt /hduser00/testing123.txt

-ls /hduser00
-moveFromLocal $HOME/testing123.txt /hduser00/testingABC.txt
-ls /hduser00

$ bin/hadoop fs -ls /
$ bin/hadoop fs -ls /hduser00
$ bin/hadoop fs -du /
$ bin/hadoop fs -du /hduser00
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-mv /hduser00/testing123.txt /hduser00/testing456.txt

-ls /hduser00
-cp /hduser00/testingABC.txt /hduser00/testingXYZ.txt
-ls /hduser00

$ bin/hadoop fs -cat /hduser00/testingABC.txt

$ bin/hadoop fs -cat /hduser00/testingXYZ.txt
$ bin/hadoop fs -tail /hduser00/testingABC.txt
S ls -ltr $HOME
$ bin/hadoop fs -copyToLocal
S ls -ltr $HOME

/hduser00/testingXYZ.txt $HOME/testingXYZ.txt

$ bin/hadoop fs -moveToLocal /hduser00/testingXYZ.txt $HOME/testingABC.txt

$ bin/hadoop fs -ls /hduser00
S ls -ltr $HOME
$ bin/hadoop fs -ls /hduser00
$ bin/hadoop fs -chmod 777 /hduser00/testingABC.txt
$ bin/hadoop fs -ls /hduser00
$ bin/hadoop fs -ls /hduser
$ bin/hadoop fs chown root:root /hduser/testingABC.txt
$ bin/hadoop fs -ls /hduser
$ bin/hadoop fs -put /hduser/tmp /user/hduser/tmp
$ bin/hadoop fs -rm /user/hduser/tmp
$ bin/hadoop fs -help

http://<HOST>:<PORT>/webhdfs/v1/<PATH>?user.name=hduser&]op=
where
op=MKDIRS[&permission=<OCTAL>]

EXAMPLE
curl -i -X PUT -b cookie.jar "http://host:port/webhdfs/v1/tmp/csv.txt?op=RENAME&destination=/tmp

REF: https://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r1.0.4/webhdfs.html

http://ubuntu.dhcp.blrl.sap.corp:50070/webhdfs/v1/testing00?op=LISTSTATUS