hadoop fs -copyToLocal or hadoop fs -get It copies the whole file and won't be able just to copy part of the file, what is interesting is there is a "tail" command but no "head".
Kim On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Chengi Liu <chengi.liu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ok, > > A very stupid question... > > I have a large file in > > /user/input/foo.txt > > I want to copy first 100 lines from this location to local filesystem... > > And the data is very sensitive so i am bit hesistant to experiment. > > What is the right way to copy sample data from hdfs to local fs. > >
