Error in running hdfs commands

Question

[edureka_60235@ip-20-0-41-190 ~]$ hdfs -ls
Unrecognized option: -ls
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
[edureka_60235@ip-20-0-41-190 ~]$ 

Answer 1

The command you entered is incorrect. Run this command to successfully get the files:  

$ hdfs dfs -ls

Answer 2

Hey,

You can check this command also 

hadoop fs -ls /