hasoop fs -ls / some / path / here - will display the HDFS location, not the local local location, try this command first
hadoop fs -ls /
then follow the step-by-step instructions for other folders.
if you want to copy some files from the local directory to the user directory in the HDFS location, just use this:
hadoop fs -mkdir /users
hadoop fs -put /some/local/file /users
for more hdfs commands see this: http://hadoop.apache.org/common/docs/r0.20.0/hdfs_shell.html
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