Get-AzDataLakeStoreItemContent

Reference

Module:: Az.DataLakeStore

Gets the contents of a file in Data Lake Store.

Syntax

Get-AzDataLakeStoreItemContent
   [-Account] <String>
   [-Path] <DataLakeStorePathInstance>
   [[-Offset] <Int64>]
   [[-Length] <Int64>]
   [[-Encoding] <Encoding>]
   [-Force]
   [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
   [-WhatIf]
   [-Confirm]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Get-AzDataLakeStoreItemContent
   [-Account] <String>
   [-Path] <DataLakeStorePathInstance>
   [[-Head] <Int32>]
   [[-Encoding] <Encoding>]
   [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
   [-WhatIf]
   [-Confirm]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Get-AzDataLakeStoreItemContent
   [-Account] <String>
   [-Path] <DataLakeStorePathInstance>
   [[-Tail] <Int32>]
   [[-Encoding] <Encoding>]
   [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
   [-WhatIf]
   [-Confirm]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Get-AzDataLakeStoreItemContent cmdlet gets the contents of a file in Data Lake Store.

Examples

Example 1: Get the contents of a file

Get-AzDataLakeStoreItemContent -AccountName "ContosoADL" -Path "/MyFile.txt"

This command gets the contents of the file MyFile.txt in the ContosoADL account.

Example 2: Get the first two rows of a file

Get-AzDataLakeStoreItemContent -AccountName "ContosoADL" -Path "/MyFile.txt" -Head 2

This command gets the first two new line separated rows in the file MyFile.txt in the ContosoADL account.

Parameters

-Account

Specifies the name of the Data Lake Store account.

Type:	String
Aliases:	AccountName
Position:	0
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Aliases:	cf
Position:	Named
Default value:	False
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-DefaultProfile

The credentials, account, tenant, and subscription used for communication with azure.

Type:	IAzureContextContainer
Aliases:	AzContext, AzureRmContext, AzureCredential
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Encoding

Specifies the encoding for the item to create. The acceptable values for this parameter are:

Unknown
String
Unicode
Byte
BigEndianUnicode
UTF8
UTF7
Ascii
Default
Oem
BigEndianUTF32

Type:	Encoding
Position:	4
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Force

Forces the command to run without asking for user confirmation.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	5
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Head

The number of rows (new line delimited) from the beginning of the file to preview. If no new line is encountered in the first 4mb of data, only that data will be returned.

Type:	Int32
Position:	2
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Length

Specifies the length, in bytes, of the content to get.

Type:	Int64
Position:	3
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Offset

Specifies the number of bytes to skip in a file before getting content.

Type:	Int64
Position:	2
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Path

Specifies the Data Lake Store path of a file, starting with the root directory (/).

Type:	DataLakeStorePathInstance
Position:	1
Default value:	None
Required:	True
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Tail

The number of rows (new line delimited) from the end of the file to preview. If no new line is encountered in the first 4mb of data, only that data will be returned.