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Commonly used HDFS commands
The following are some of the most commonly used HDFS commands:
ls : This command lists files in HDFS.
The syntax of the ls command is hdfs dfs -ls <args> . The following is
the screenshot showing an example of the ls command:
cat : This command displays the contents of file/files in the terminal.
The syntax of the cat command is hdfs dfs -cat URI [URI …] . The fol-
lowing is a sample output of the cat command:
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