If you want to list all files owned by a specific user in a specific directory, you can use "hdfs dfs -ls" with grep. Syntax: hdfs dfs -ls /path | grep "\- username" Example: # hdfs dfs -ls / | grep "\- hdfs" drwxrwxrwt - hdfs supergroup 0 2021-07-29 16:02 /tmp drwxr-xr-x - hdfs supergroup 0 2021-07-31 02:26 /user If you want to recursively list files add -R after -ls I hope this answered your question. ... View more