[training@localhost ~]$ hdfs dfs -cat cats.txt

The cat on the mat
The aardvark sat on the sofa
[training@localhost ~]$

mydata001=sc.textFile('cats.txt')

mydata002=mydata001.flatMap(lambda line: line.split(" "))

In [12]: mydata002.take(1)
Out[12]: [u'The']

In [13]: mydata002.take(2)
Out[13]: [u'The', u'cat']

mydata003=mydata002.map(lambda word : (word,1))

In [10]: mydata003.take(1)
Out[10]: [(u'The', 1)]

In [11]: mydata003.take(2)
Out[11]: [(u'The', 1), (u'cat', 1)]

mydata004 = mydata003.reduceByKey(lambda x,y : x+y)

In [15]: mydata004.take(1)
Out[15]: [(u'on', 2)]

In [16]: mydata004.take(2)
Out[16]: [(u'on', 2), (u'mat', 1)]

In [17]: mydata004.take(3)
Out[17]: [(u'on', 2), (u'mat', 1), (u'sofa', 1)]