How to remove files from HDFS system

Question

Hi Guys,

I have uploaded files in HDFS. Now I want to remove these files from HDFS. How can I do that? 

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

You will find rm command in your Hadoop fs command. This command is similar to the Linux rm command, and it is used for removing a file from the HDFS file system. The command –rmr can be used to delete files recursively. You can see the syntax below.

$ hadoop fs -rm [-f] [-r|-R] [-skipTrash]
$ hadoop fs -rm -r /user/test/sample.txt