how to include external jar file using PIG

When I run a mapreduce job using hadoop command, I use -libjars to setup my jar to the cache and the classpath. How to do something like this in PIG?

How can we run the local file system commands in pig?

Local Mode - To run Pig in local mode, you need access to a single machine; all files are installed and run using your local host and file system. Specify local mode using the -x flag (pig -x local). Tez Local Mode - To run Pig in tez local mode.

How does pig display data?

Now load the data from the file student_data. txt into Pig by executing the following Pig Latin statement in the Grunt shell. grunt> student = LOAD 'hdfs://localhost:9000/pig_data/student_data.txt' USING PigStorage(',') as ( id:int, firstname:chararray, lastname:chararray, phone:chararray, city:chararray );

There are two ways to add external jars to Pig environment.

Use "-Dpig.additional.jars" to start Pig

pig -Dpig.additional.jars=/local/path/to/your.jar
Use "register" command in Pig scripts or grunt

register /local/path/to/your.jar;

You can use any one according to your requirement.