# Hadoop File Input

The Hadoop File Input step is used to read data from a variety of different text-file types stored on a Hadoop cluster. The most commonly used formats include comma separated values (CSV files) generated by spreadsheets and fixed-width flat files.

You can use this step to specify a list of files to read, or a list of directories with wild cards in the form of regular expressions. In addition, you can accept file names from a previous step.


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