Read Parquet file using hdfs dfs -cat command

Question

Hi Team,

If we load the data in hive table using below below steps.

1.) create a hive table;
2.) load the hive table;
3.) create hive table for parquet;
4.) load hive parquet table from hive table;

Will the file be a normal .dat file in hive table and parquet file for hive parquet table and cannot be read using hdfs dfs -cat command?

Answer 1

When you try to read a parquet file using cat command, it will appear as below:

Therefore, the parquet file will not be in a readable format.