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Naveen
Naveen

Reputation: 123

HDFS and linux file size

I have a file in hdfs and the contents of the file is just a single number 3 and the size of the file is 2bytes. it should be 1 byte right. I tried files with 5 numbers and it shows 6bytes. Its the same info in the linux as well command "ls -l"

Upvotes: 0

Views: 50

Answers (1)

Ewan Mellor
Ewan Mellor

Reputation: 6857

You almost certainly have a newline character on the end of the file.

Use hexdump -C <filename> if you want to see exactly what's in the file.

Upvotes: 1

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