[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-662?page=comments#action_12459218 ] Jiang Lei commented on HADOOP-662: ----------------------------------
Yes, the ls command of unix print different format depends on the type of target. But I think if we can provide some option to fit the requirement of this user(if this kind of requirement is general). If all think this is unnecessary, we can close the bug? :) thx. > dfs -ls sometime prints "Found xxx items"; sometimes it does not print that > string > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-662 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-662 > Project: Hadoop > Issue Type: Bug > Components: dfs > Affects Versions: 0.7.2 > Reporter: dhruba borthakur > Assigned To: Jiang Lei > Priority: Minor > > I get a different response from dfs -ls depending on whether or not the > ls contained a directory or a wildcard. The wild card misses the > response that tells me how many files. > It did indeed cause a problem with my scripts. It was easy to filter > out. If it's a desired action to do it sometimes and others then that's > it's ok. It doesn't seem like this is really the intention so I pointed > it out. My script is now happy with both forms. I do really on the fact > that the 3 column of the output is the file size. Perhaps I shouldn't be > doing this but I am writing some automated scripts in python to drive > hadoop so it is useful to check file sizes. If you were to provide a > format string that would allow me to place the items in a specific > format then you would be free to change it, whenever, however, you wanted. > -Richard -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
