How to copy file from HDFS to the local file system

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Surya picture Surya · Jul 24, 2013 · Viewed 298.5k times · Source

How to copy file from HDFS to the local file system . There is no physical location of a file under the file , not even directory . how can i moved them to my local for further validations.i am tried through winscp .

Answer

Tariq picture Tariq · Jul 24, 2013
  1. bin/hadoop fs -get /hdfs/source/path /localfs/destination/path
  2. bin/hadoop fs -copyToLocal /hdfs/source/path /localfs/destination/path
  3. Point your web browser to HDFS WEBUI(namenode_machine:50070), browse to the file you intend to copy, scroll down the page and click on download the file.

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