[hdfs@launcher-17 ~]$ hdfs
Usage: hdfs [--config confdir] COMMAND
where COMMAND is one of:
dfs run a filesystem command on the file systems supported in Hadoop.
namenode -format format the DFS filesystem
secondarynamenode run the DFS secondary namenode
namenode run the DFS namenode
journalnode run the DFS journalnode
zkfc run the ZK Failover Controller daemon
datanode run a DFS datanode
dfsadmin run a DFS admin client
haadmin run a DFS HA admin client
fsck run a DFS filesystem checking utility
balancer run a cluster balancing utility
jmxget get JMX exported values from NameNode or DataNode.
oiv apply the offline fsimage viewer to an fsimage
oiv_legacy apply the offline fsimage viewer to an legacy fsimage
oev apply the offline edits viewer to an edits file
fetchdt fetch a delegation token from the NameNode
getconf get config values from configuration
groups get the groups which users belong to
snapshotDiff diff two snapshots of a directory or diff the
current directory contents with a snapshot
lsSnapshottableDir list all snapshottable dirs owned by the current user
Use -help to see options
portmap run a portmap service
nfs3 run an NFS version 3 gateway
cacheadmin configure the HDFS cache
crypto configure HDFS encryption zones
Generic options supported are
-conf <configuration file> specify an application configuration file
-D <property=value> use value for given property
-fs <local|namenode:port> specify a namenode
-jt <local|jobtracker:port> specify a job tracker
-files <comma separated list of files> specify comma separated files to be copied to the map reduce cluster
-libjars <comma separated list of jars> specify comma separated jar files to include in the classpath.
-archives <comma separated list of archives> specify comma separated archives to be unarchived on the compute machines.
The general command line syntax is
bin/hadoop command [genericOptions] [commandOptions]