How to Delete a directory from Hadoop cluster which is having comma in its name

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I have uploaded a Directory to hadoop cluster that is having     in its name like  MyDir  Name  when I am trying to delete this Directory by using rmr hadoop shell command as following  hadoop dfs -rmr hdfs   host port Navi MyDir  Name   I m getting the following messages rmr  cannot remove hdfs   host port Navi MyDir   No such file or directory  rmr  cannot remove Name  No such file or directory   However I have successfully deleted other Directories from the same location  using the same command i e    hadoop dfs -rmr hdfs   host port dir path   any solutions to delete such kind of Directories

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Have you tried    hadoop dfs -rmr hdfs   host port Navi MyDir    Name

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Or if you dont know the url  you can use  hadoop fs -rm -r -f  user the path to your dir

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Or you can   hadoop fs -rm -r PATH  Hint  if you enter   hadoop fs -rmr PATH you would mostly get Please use  rm -r  instead

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Run the command in the terminal   hadoop fs -rm -r  path to directory

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Here you can find all hadoop shell commands   deleting  rmr Usage  hadoop fs -rmr URI  URI       Recursive version of delete   Example   hadoop fs -rmr  user hadoop dir hadoop fs -rmr hdfs   nn example com user hadoop dir   Exit Code   Returns 0 on success and -1 on error

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Try hadoop dfs -rm -r hdfs   host port Navi MyDir    Name now

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hadoop fs -rmdir  directory name

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In hadoop1 0   hadoop fs -rmr  PATH ON HDFS   In hadoop2 0   hdfs dfs -rm -R  PATH ON HDFS   Use   to escape   in path

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hdfs dfs -rm -r  path to directory

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