/dbfs is empty

[FemiAnthony]

Why does /dbfs seem to be empty in my Databricks cluster ?

If I run

%sh ls /dbfs

I get no output.

I am looking for the databricks-datasets subdirectory ? I can't find it under /dbfs

[Sajesh]

Hi @Femi Anthony​ , Do you see any results on executing: display(dbutils.fs.ls("/"))?

What's the DBR version of the cluster?

[Prabakar · Accepted solution]

Hi @Femi Anthony​ Please let us know if you are trying this in Community edition or in your workspace?

If it's CE then you won't be able to see anything under /dbfs while using %sh.

display(dbutils.fs.ls("/")) should show the dataset folder.

[FemiAnthony]

Yes, this is in Community ediition. Thanks.

[Prabakar]

Okay. Then this is the limitation with CE.

Use display(dbutils.fs.ls("/")) 

[jose_gonzalez]

Hi @Femi Anthony​ ,

If @Prabakar Ammeappin​'s response helped you to solve your question? would you be happy to mark his answer as best so that others can quickly find the solution in the future

[FemiAnthony]

Thanks @Prabakar Ammeappin​