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How will you check if a file exists in HDFS?

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In Hadoop, we can run hadoop fs command with option e to check the existence of a file in HDFS. This is generally used for testing purpose. Command will be as follows:

%>hadoop fs -test -ezd file_uri

e is for checking the existence of file

z is for checking non-zero size of

 

file

d is for checking if the path is directory

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