https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-zip-CSV-files-before-emailing-them/m-p/115326#M24124 <P>Can we zip files before sending them as email? </P> <P>For example:</P> <PRE><CODE>| outputcsv Splunk.csv | zip splunk.csv | sendmail to =splunk@splunk.com </CODE></PRE> Wed, 20 May 2015 19:22:59 GMT AdamJordan 2015-05-20T19:22:59Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-zip-CSV-files-before-emailing-them/m-p/115326#M24124 <P>Can we zip files before sending them as email? </P> <P>For example:</P> <PRE><CODE>| outputcsv Splunk.csv | zip splunk.csv | sendmail to =splunk@splunk.com </CODE></PRE> Wed, 20 May 2015 19:22:59 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-zip-CSV-files-before-emailing-them/m-p/115326#M24124 AdamJordan 2015-05-20T19:22:59Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-zip-CSV-files-before-emailing-them/m-p/115327#M24125 <P><A href="http://answers.splunk.com/answers/140208/how-to-compress-csv-file-and-email-it-on-unix-platform.html">http://answers.splunk.com/answers/140208/how-to-compress-csv-file-and-email-it-on-unix-platform.html</A></P> <P>You could create a script that does this outside of the web interface via CLI, but there is no native compression mechanism command to use in a query.</P> <P>Or you could create a custom command to facilitate, but there are licensing issues to contend with.</P> Wed, 20 May 2015 19:33:20 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Can-we-zip-CSV-files-before-emailing-them/m-p/115327#M24125 mcrawford44 2015-05-20T19:33:20Z