ls Command:
This command is used for listing the contents that match the specified file pattern. The following is the syntax of this command.
- -ls <path>
In the above syntax, if the path is not specified, this command will list the contents of /user/<currentUser>. If the path is specified then this command will list the contents of specified path. The following figure shows the usage of -ls command on top of HDFS.
 |
| Hadoop ls command |
In this figure, we did not specified any path, so, the contents of the current directory are listed.
lsr command:
This command is used to Recursively list the contents that match the specified file pattern. It behaves very similarly to hadoop fs -ls, except that the data is shown for all the entries in the subtree. The following is the systax for lsr command:
- -lsr <path>
This command also can be used with out specifying the path. The following two figures show the examples:
 |
| Hadoop lsr command without path |
 |
| Hadoop lsr command with path |
