https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-assign-a-Splunk-status-result-to-a-variable-in-a-script/m-p/201641#M39926 <P>Thanks for your reply. it is working</P> Mon, 01 Aug 2016 18:36:09 GMT saifuddin9122 2016-08-01T18:36:09Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-assign-a-Splunk-status-result-to-a-variable-in-a-script/m-p/201639#M39924 <P>hello </P> <P>I am working on a script for running Splunk.</P> <P>I want to check status of Splunk and assign the result of the status to a variable for further use.<BR /> Can any one please help me with this?</P> Mon, 01 Aug 2016 17:51:12 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-assign-a-Splunk-status-result-to-a-variable-in-a-script/m-p/201639#M39924 saifuddin9122 2016-08-01T17:51:12Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-assign-a-Splunk-status-result-to-a-variable-in-a-script/m-p/201640#M39925 <P>You can run following command and capture the output in a variable.<BR /> Shell script example </P> <PRE><CODE>status=$($SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk status | grep not | wc -l ) </CODE></PRE> <P>If status=0, Splunk is up, down otherwise (1). Replace $SPLUNK_HOME with your installation path.</P> Mon, 01 Aug 2016 18:17:23 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-assign-a-Splunk-status-result-to-a-variable-in-a-script/m-p/201640#M39925 somesoni2 2016-08-01T18:17:23Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-assign-a-Splunk-status-result-to-a-variable-in-a-script/m-p/201641#M39926 <P>Thanks for your reply. it is working</P> Mon, 01 Aug 2016 18:36:09 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-assign-a-Splunk-status-result-to-a-variable-in-a-script/m-p/201641#M39926 saifuddin9122 2016-08-01T18:36:09Z