src/docs/man/import-common-args.txt

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Import control options
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--as-textfile::
  Imports data as plain text (default)

--as-avrodatafile::
  Imports data to Avro Data Files

--as-sequencefile::
  Imports data to SequenceFiles

--as-parquetfile::
  Imports data to Parquet Files

--num-mappers (n)::
-m::
  Use 'n' map tasks to import in parallel

--target-dir (dir)::
  Explicit HDFS target directory for the import.

--warehouse-dir (dir)::
  Tables are uploaded to the HDFS path +/warehouse/dir/(tablename)/+

--compress::
-z::
  Uses gzip (or, alternatively, the codec specified by +\--compression-codec+,
  if set) to compress data as it is written to HDFS

--compression-codec (codec)::
  Uses the Hadoop +codec+ class to compress data as it is written to HDFS.