diff --git a/mapreduce/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/lib/input/FileInputFormatCounter.java b/mapreduce/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/lib/input/FileInputFormatCounter.java
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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
+
+// Counters used by Task classes
+@InterfaceAudience.Public
+@InterfaceStability.Evolving
+public enum FileInputFormatCounter {
+  BYTES_READ
+}
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diff --git a/mapreduce/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/lib/input/FileInputFormatCounter.properties b/mapreduce/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/lib/input/FileInputFormatCounter.properties
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+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#   limitations under the License.
+
+# ResourceBundle properties file for file-input-format counters
+
+CounterGroupName=                 File Input Format Counters 
+
+BYTES_READ.name=                  Bytes Read
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diff --git a/mapreduce/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/lib/output/FileOutputFormatCounter.java b/mapreduce/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/lib/output/FileOutputFormatCounter.java
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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.output;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
+import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
+
+// Counters used by Task classes
+@InterfaceAudience.Public
+@InterfaceStability.Evolving
+public enum FileOutputFormatCounter {
+  BYTES_WRITTEN
+}
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diff --git a/mapreduce/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/lib/output/FileOutputFormatCounter.properties b/mapreduce/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/lib/output/FileOutputFormatCounter.properties
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+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#   limitations under the License.
+
+# ResourceBundle properties file for file-output-format counters
+
+CounterGroupName=                     File Output Format Counters 
+
+BYTES_WRITTEN.name=                   Bytes Written
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