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How to sort hdfs directories by size?

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author-rank ARKand
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Created on ‎04-21-2021 04:08 PM - last edited on ‎06-02-2026 05:03 AM by Community Manager Community Manager

I need to know how to sort my HDFS directories based on their size.

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author-rank ChethanYM author-rank
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Created ‎04-21-2021 05:32 PM

Hi, Can you tell us what is your exact requirement?

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author-rank Daming Xue author-rank
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Created ‎04-21-2021 06:43 PM

Hello

 

An example:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38086684/hadoop-fs-du-h-sorting-by-size-for-m-g-t-p-e-z-y

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