scalaapache-sparkscala-repl

Error double literal found in Scala while executing jar tf command

I have recently started learning Scala. I am trying to execute the tf jar command on spark -shell prompt

jar tf C:/spark/lib/spark-examples-1.6.0-hadoop2.6.0.jar

And it's throwing error

error: ';' expected but double literal found.

Could someone please help me in finding the issue.

Solution

  • The Spark shell is a slightly customized Scala repl, it's not that kind of "shell". It has no idea about the usual bash/cmd-specific commands, and it assumes that you input only valid Scala definitions and expressions that you want evaluated. C:/spark/lib/spark-examples-1.6.0-hadoop2.6.0.jar is not a valid Scala expression.

    Note the exact position where it fails: it fails right after 1.6. Everything before the 1.6.0 part can be interpreted as Scala expression C.:/(spark)./(lib)./(spark).-(examples).-(1.6), but it then fails to parse 1.6.0, and exits with an error message.