How to overwrite the existing files using hadoop fs -copyToLocal command

Question

Is there any way we can overwrite existing files, while coping from HDFS using:

hadoop fs -copyToLocal  
         


        

Answer 1

fs -copyFromLocal -f $LOCAL_MOUNT_SRC_PATH/yourfilename.txt your_hdfs_file-path

So -f option does the trick for you.

It also works for -copyToLocal as well.