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hadoop fs -copyFromLocal

The hadoop copyFromLocal command is used to copy a file from the local file system to the hadoop hdfs. The syntax and usage example are shown below:
Syntax:
hadoop fs -copyFromLocal <localsrc> URI
Example:

Check the data in local file
> ls sales
2000,iphone
2001, htc

Now copy this file to hdfs

> hadoop fs -copyFromLocal sales /user/DPhadoop/hadoopdemo

View the contents of the hdfs file.

> hadoop fs -cat /user/DPhadoop/hadoopdemo/sales
2000,iphone
2001, htc