Time for action – inserting the UFO data

Now that we have created a table, let us load the UFO data into it.

1. Copy the UFO data file onto HDFS:

   $ hadoop fs -put ufo.tsv /tmp/ufo.tsv
   

2. Confirm that the file was copied:

   $ hadoop fs -ls /tmp
   

   You will receive the following response:

   Found 2 items
   drwxrwxr-x   - hadoop supergroup          0 … 14:52 /tmp/hive-hadoop
   -rw-r--r--   3 hadoop supergroup   75342464 2012-03-03 16:01 /tmp/ufo.tsv
   

3. Enter the Hive interactive shell:

   $ hive
   

4. Load the data from the previously copied file into the ufodata table:

   hive> LOAD DATA INPATH '/tmp/ufo.tsv' OVERWRITE INTO TABLE ufodata;
   

   You will receive the following response:

   Loading data to table default.ufodata
   Deleted hdfs://head:9000/user/hive/warehouse/ufodata
   OK
   Time taken: 5.494 seconds
   

5. Exit the Hive shell:

   hive> quit;
   

6. Check the location from which we copied the data file:

   $ hadoop fs -ls /tmp
   

   You will receive the following response:

   Found 1 items
   drwxrwxr-x   - hadoop supergroup          0 … 16:10 /tmp/hive...