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How to delete a directory from Hadoop cluster which is having comma/space (, ) chars in its name?

I uploaded a directory to hadoop cluster that is having comma and space characters ", " in its name like "MyDir, Name" when I am trying to delete this Directory by using rmr hadoop shell command as following:

hdfs dfs -rm -r hdfs://host:port/Navi/MyDir, Name

I'm getting the following messages rmr: cannot remove hdfs://host:port/Navi/MyDir,: No such file or directory. rmr: cannot remove Name: No such file or directory.

However I have successfully deleted other Directories from the same location, using the same command i.e.

hdfs dfs -rm -r hdfs://host:port/dir_path

Any solution to delete such path with space characters.

Solution

  • Have you tried :

    hadoop dfs -rmr hdfs://host:port/Navi/MyDir\,\ Name?