title: store hdfs command output to a shell variable
body: <p>I am trying to the hdfs command output to a shell variable but am getting error. My script is as below:</p>
  
  <pre><code>#!/bin/bash
  default=$1
  date="";
  HDFS_PATH='/data/max_emp_value' (This is a directory)
  if $(hadoop fs -test -e $HDFS_PATH/*); then
      date = "`hadoop fs -cat HDFS_PATH/*)`"
  else
      date=$default
  fi
  echo date = ${date}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Thanks,
  stacky</p>