[HADOOP-15948] Inconsistency in get and put syntax if filename/dirname contains space

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.1.1
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.4, 3.3.0, 3.2.1, 3.1.3
• Component/s: fs
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Ayush Saxena
• Reporter: vivek kumar
• Created: 12/Sep/18 10:55
• Updated: 26/Nov/18 13:41
• Resolved: 26/Nov/18 12:57

Description

Inconsistency in get and put syntax if file/fdir name contains space. 

While copying file/dir from local to HDFS, space needs to be represented with %20. However, the same representation does not work for copying file to Local. Expectaion is to have same syntax for both get and put.

test:/ # mkdir /opt/
test:/ # mkdir /opt/test\ space
test:/ # vi /opt/test\ space/test\ file.txt
test:/ # ll /opt/test\ space/
total 4
rw-rr- 1 root root 7 Sep 12 18:37 test file.txt
test:/ #
test:/ # hadoop fs -put /opt/test\ space/ /tmp/
put: unexpected URISyntaxException
test:/ #
test:/ # hadoop fs -put /opt/test%20space/ /tmp/
test:/ #
test:/ # hadoop fs -ls /tmp
drwxr-xr-x - user1 hadoop 0 2018-09-12 18:38 /tmp/test space
test:/ #
test:/ # hadoop fs -get /tmp/test%20space /srv/
get: `/tmp/test%20space': No such file or directory
test:/ #
test:/ # hadoop fs -get /tmp/test\ space /srv/
test:/ # ll /srv/test\ space/
total 4
rw-rr- 1 root root 7 Sep 12 18:39 test file.txt