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# hdfs.head

Copies a specified number of lines from the beginning of a file in HDFS.

Usage

    hdfs.head(
            dfs.id,
            n)

Arguments

dfs.id

  The name of a file in HDFS. The file name can include a path that is either absolute or relative to the current path.

n

  The number of lines to retrieve from the file. The default is 10.

Return Value

The first n lines of the file.

See Also

hdfs.tail

Example

This example returns the first two lines of ontime_R:

    R> hdfs.head('ontime_R', 2)
    [1] "\"\",\"YEAR\",\"MONTH\",\"MONTH2\",\"DAYOFMONTH\",\"DAYOFMONTH2\",\"DAYOFWEEK\",\"DEPTIME\",\"CRSDEPTIME\",\"ARRTIME\",\"CRSARRTIME\",\"UNIQUECARRIER\",\"FLIGHTNUM\",\"TAILNUM\",\"ACTUALELAPSEDTIME\",\"CRSELAPSEDTIME\",\"AIRTIME\",\"ARRDELAY\",\"DEPDELAY\",\"ORIGIN\",\"DEST\",\"DISTANCE\",\"TAXIIN\",\"TAXIOUT\",\"CANCELLED\",\"CANCELLATIONCODE\",\"DIVERTED\""
    [2] "\"1\",1994,8,\"M08\",2,\"D02\",2,840,840,1126,1130,\"NW\",878,NA,106,110,NA,-4,0,\"MEM\",\"TPA\",656,NA,NA,0,NA,\"0\""