How to copy file from HDFS to the local file system

roshan
12:43:47 AM

 

How to copy file from HDFS to the local file system


In order to copy files from HDFS to the local file system the following command could be run:

hadoop dfs -copyToLocal <input> <output>

  • <input>: the HDFS directory path (e.g /mydata) that you want to copy
  • <output>: the destination directory path (e.g. ~/Documents)

Update: Hadoop is deprecated in Hadoop 3

use hdfs dfs -copyToLocal <input> <output>