just to be sure, try this one too: hadoop fs -rmr /data/"folder\*"
On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 1:36 AM, praveenesh kumar <praveen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Command used - > > 1. hadoop fs -rmr /data/folder\* > 2. hadoop fs -rmr 'data/folder\*' > 3. hadoop fs -rmr "/data/folder\*" > > None of them gave any output. Hadoop version - 1.0.2 > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 7:26 PM, Ritesh Kumar Singh < > riteshoneinamill...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> what's the exact command you are using(with escape and quotes)? >> And what's the output after execution? >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 9:33 PM, hadoop hive <hadooph...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Move it to some tmp directory and delete parent directory. >>> On Aug 20, 2014 4:23 PM, "praveenesh kumar" <praveen...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi team >>>> >>>> I am in weird situation where I have following HDFS sample folders >>>> >>>> /data/folder/ >>>> /data/folder* >>>> /data/folder_day >>>> /data/folder_day/monday >>>> /data/folder/1 >>>> /data/folder/2 >>>> >>>> I want to delete /data/folder* without deleting its sub_folders. If I >>>> do hadoop fs -rmr /data/folder* it will delete everything which I want to >>>> avoid. I tried with escape character \ but HDFS FS shell is not taking it. >>>> Any hints/tricks ? >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Praveenesh >>>> >>> >> >
