What is sqoop import?

The sqoop import is helped to import table data to the Hadoop file system in the form of text or binary.

The syntax of sqoop import is below.

$sqoop import (generic-args) (import-args) 
$sqoop-import (generic-args) (import-args)
$ sqoop import / --connect jdbc:mysql: 
// localhost/ database / --username user_name / --table table_name --m */ --target-dir / table_name imported