src/examples/pipes/conf/word.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>

<property>
  <name>mapreduce.job.reduces</name>
  <value>2</value>
</property>

<property>
  <name>mapreduce.pipes.executable</name>
  <value>/examples/bin/wordcount-simple#wordcount-simple</value>
  <description> Executable path is given as "path#executable-name"
                sothat the executable will have a symlink in working directory.
                This can be used for gdb debugging etc.
  </description>
</property>

<property>
  <name>mapreduce.pipes.isjavarecordreader</name>
  <value>true</value>
</property>

<property>
  <name>mapreduce.pipes.isjavarecordwriter</name>
  <value>true</value>
</property>

</configuration>