Hi,
I want to read multiple files parallely into 1 dataframe. But the files
have random names and cannot confirm to any pattern (so I can't use
wildcard). Also, the files can be in different directories.
If I provide the file names in a list to the dataframe reader, it reads
then sequentially.
Eg:
df=spark.read.format('csv').load(['/path/to/file1.csv.gz','/path/to/file2.csv.gz','/path/to/file3.csv.gz'])
This reads the files sequentially. What can I do to read the files
parallely?
I noticed that spark reads files parallely if provided directly the
directory location. How can that be extended to multiple random files?
Suppose if my system has 4 cores, how can I make spark read 4 files at a
time?
Please suggest.
