copy file with spaces in to hdfs

Question

I have a file with name DT2516%_date_cdfs 05-feb-2017.csv .I need to copy it into hdfs . I am using the following command.

Hadoop fs -put DT2516%_date_cdfs 05-feb-2017.csv /tmp/

Error: put : Unexpected URISyntaxException

How do I copy such files?

Answer

Here is what you can do

cat DT2516%_date_cdfs 05-feb-2017.csv | hdfs dfs -put - '/tmp/DT2516%_date_cdfs 05-feb-2017.csv'

Accepted Answer

Here is what you can do cat DT2516%_date_cdfs 05-feb-2017.csv | hdfs dfs -put - '/tmp/DT2516%_date_cdfs 05-feb-2017.csv'