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Jonathan Allen moved HDFS-4322 to HADOOP-9158: ---------------------------------------------- Key: HADOOP-9158 (was: HDFS-4322) Project: Hadoop Common (was: Hadoop HDFS) > Tidy up fs -help > ---------------- > > Key: HADOOP-9158 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-9158 > Project: Hadoop Common > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Jonathan Allen > Assignee: Jonathan Allen > Priority: Minor > > There are a number of issues with the current fs -help implementation that > could do with tidying up. > 1) Running 'hadoop fs -help' displays the full detailed help for all > commands. This produces a large amount of text and makes it hard to find > what you're looking for. Better functionality would be: > - hadoop fs -usage : shows the basic usage information for all commands > - hadoop fs -help : shows usage and brief summary (couple of lines) for all > commands > - hadoop fs -help <command> : shows full description of the specified command > 2) Help text is hardcoded into each command class. This should be replaced by > resource files to allow internationalisation. > 3) Line breaks are hardcoded into the help text. The help text should be > auto-formatted at display time. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira