How to use “typedbytes” or “rawbytes” in Hadoop Streaming?

Question

I have a problem that would be solved by Hadoop Streaming in \"typedbytes\" or \"rawbytes\" mode, which allow one to analyze binary data in a language other than Java. (Without

Answer 1

Apparently there is a patch for a JustBytes IO mode for streaming, that feeds a whole input file to the mapper command:

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAPREDUCE-5018