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Show hidden files in HDFS

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Is there a special command to list hidden files (files that start with a dot) in a given path in HDFS?

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Cloudera Employee

@vsubramanian

hdfs dfs -ls /user/hdfs

The above can direct show hidden files, you can directly see the below, for example

drwx------   - hdfs hdfs          0 2017-07-13 02:00 /user/hdfs/.Trash
drwxr-xr-x   - hdfs hdfs          0 2017-04-06 14:21 /user/hdfs/.hiveJars
drwxr-xr-x   - hdfs hdfs          0 2017-06-29 09:12 /user/hdfs/.sparkStaging
drwxr-xr-x   - hdfs hdfs          0 2017-04-24 15:54 /user/hdfs/SSP00805

where you can see the file start with a dot.

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Cloudera Employee

@vsubramanian

hdfs dfs -ls /user/hdfs

The above can direct show hidden files, you can directly see the below, for example

drwx------   - hdfs hdfs          0 2017-07-13 02:00 /user/hdfs/.Trash
drwxr-xr-x   - hdfs hdfs          0 2017-04-06 14:21 /user/hdfs/.hiveJars
drwxr-xr-x   - hdfs hdfs          0 2017-06-29 09:12 /user/hdfs/.sparkStaging
drwxr-xr-x   - hdfs hdfs          0 2017-04-24 15:54 /user/hdfs/SSP00805

where you can see the file start with a dot.

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