dfs ${system:test.dfs.mkdir} hdfs:///tmp/test/; dfs -copyFromLocal ../../data/files/ext_test_space hdfs:///tmp/test/ext_test_space; CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE spacetest (id int, message string) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t' LOCATION 'hdfs:///tmp/test/ext_test_space/folder+with space'; SELECT * FROM spacetest; SELECT count(*) FROM spacetest; DROP TABLE spacetest; CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE spacetestpartition (id int, message string) PARTITIONED BY (day int) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t'; ALTER TABLE spacetestpartition ADD PARTITION (day=10) LOCATION 'hdfs:///tmp/test/ext_test_space/folder+with space'; SELECT * FROM spacetestpartition; SELECT count(*) FROM spacetestpartition; DROP TABLE spacetestpartition; dfs -rmr hdfs:///tmp/test;