title: Get a list of file names from HDFS using python
body: <p>Hadoop noob here.</p>
  <p>I've searched for some tutorials on getting started with hadoop and python without much success. I do not need to do any work with mappers and reducers yet, but it's more of an access issue.</p>
  <p>As a part of Hadoop cluster,
  there are a bunch of .dat files on the HDFS.</p>
  <p>In order to access those files on my client (local computer) using Python,</p>
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  <p>what do I need to have on my computer?</p>
  <p>How do I query for filenames on HDFS ?</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>Any links would be helpful too.</p>