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hdfs dfs -ls No Display

I installed cloudera quickstart vm on docker. On HDFS Web UI five folders (benchmarks, hbase, tmp, user and var) are listed but when I use

hdfs dfs -ls

or

hadoop fs -ls

commands. It displays any directory. Any solution?

Solution

  • By default it shows your HDFS home folder (which often is empty on a fresh installation).

    If you want to show the root of HDFS (which is what the web ui shows), add / to the end of either command