Let's document: HDFS

[strokie]

Command description

The HDFS command allows users to interact with the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) via a command-line interface. It provides operations to manage files and directories, such as listing, uploading, downloading, and modifying data stored in HDFS.

Documentation

https://hadoop.apache.org/docs/current/hadoop-project-dist/hadoop-hdfs/HDFSCommands.html

Platform

Common

VCS repository link (e.g. GitHub, GitLab)

No response

Additional information

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Commands

•	hdfs dfs -ls [directory] – List directory contents.
•	hdfs dfs -mkdir [directory] – Create a new directory.
•	hdfs dfs -put [local_path] [hdfs_path] – Upload files to HDFS.
•	hdfs dfs -get [hdfs_path] [local_path] – Download files from HDFS.
•	hdfs dfs -rm [hdfs_path] – Remove a file.
•	hdfs dfs -rmdir [directory] – Remove an empty directory.
•	hdfs dfs -cat [file_path] – Display file contents.
•	hdfs dfs -copyFromLocal [local_path] [hdfs_path] – Copy local files to HDFS.
•	hdfs dfs -copyToLocal [hdfs_path] [local_path] – Copy files from HDFS to local.
•	hdfs dfs -du [directory] – Show disk usage.
•	hdfs dfs -chmod [mode] [path] – Change file permissions.
•	hdfs dfs -chown [user:group] [path] – Change ownership.
•	hdfs dfs -moveFromLocal [local_path] [hdfs_path] – Move files to HDFS.
•	hdfs dfs -df – Report HDFS disk capacity.

[kbdharun]

Hi, thanks for opening the let's document issue.

I have updated the platform from macOS to common since Hadoop HDFS commands work on Linux and Windows too.