How can one copy a file into HDFS with a different block size to that of existin

How can one copy a file into HDFS with a different block size to that of existing block size configuration?

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To copy a file into HDFS with a different block size, you can use the -D dfs.blocksize.size command when running the hadoop fs -copyFromLocal command. For example: `hadoop fs -copyFromLocal inputfile hdfs://namenode/outputdir -D dfs.blocksize.size=<desired_block_size>`

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