hadoop file system change directory command

Think about it like this:

Hadoop has a special file system called "hdfs" which runs on top of existing say linux file system. There is no concept of current or present working directory a.k.a. pwd

Let's say we have following structure in hdfs:

d1/
  d2/
     f1
  d3/
     f2
     d4/
       f3

You could do cd in your Linux file system from moving from one to the other but do you think changing directory in hadoop would makes sense? HDFS is like virtual file system and you dont directly interact with hdfs except via hadoop command or job tracker.

HDFS provides various features that enable accessing HDFS(Hadoop Filesystem) easy on local machines or edge nodes. You have an option to mount HDFS using any of the following methods. Once Hadoop file system is mounted on your machine, you may use cd command to browse through the file system (It's is like mounting remote network filesystem like NAS)

• Fuse dfs (Available from Hadoop 0.20 onwards )
• NFSv3 Gateway access to HDFS data (Available from Hadoop version
  Hadoop 2.2.0)