loops the hadoop fs shell command to make it interactive

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#!/bin/bash
# starts an interactive shell to the hadoop file system.
# Written by David M. Thompson, 2009

CMD="hadoop fs -"
echo
while [ 1 ]
do
     echo -n "hdfs> "
     read ANSWER
     
     if [ "$ANSWER" == 'exit' ]
       then  
            break
       fi

     $CMD$ANSWER


done
echo "goodbye."

Nice and handy. Would be better if we add handling if user hits enter key. Something like this,

     if [ "$ANSWER" == '' ]
       then  
            continue
       fi