How to copy file from HDFS to the local file system

1. bin/hadoop fs -get /hdfs/source/path /localfs/destination/path
2. bin/hadoop fs -copyToLocal /hdfs/source/path /localfs/destination/path
3. Point your web browser to HDFS WEBUI(namenode_machine:50070), browse to the file you intend to copy, scroll down the page and click on download the file.

In Hadoop 2.0,

hdfs dfs -copyToLocal <hdfs_input_file_path> <output_path>

where,

• hdfs_input_file_path maybe obtained from http://<<name_node_ip>>:50070/explorer.html

• output_path is the local path of the file, where the file is to be copied to.

• you may also use get in place of copyToLocal.