hdfs dfs -put with overwrite?

You can overwrite your file in hdfs using -f command.For example

hadoop fs -put -f <localfile> <hdfsDir>

hadoop fs -copyFromLocal -f <localfile> <hdfsDir>

It worked fine for me. However -f command won't work in case of get or copyToLocal command. check this question

put: 'myfile': File Exists

Means,the file named "myfile" already exists in hdfs. You cannot have multiple files of the same name in hdfs

You can overwrite it using hadoop fs -put -f /path_to_local /path_to_hdfs

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