topic How to configure Splunk to monitor and index a file that is generated by a script daily, even if there is no change? in Getting Data In https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-Splunk-to-monitor-and-index-a-file-that-is/m-p/221631#M43501 <P>Hello,</P> <P>I would like to monitor a file that is generated by a script. The script is run daily and the results can be the same for many days in a row. Splunk doesn't seem to take consecutive results if they are the same. </P> <P>Is there any way I can force Splunk to index data daily each time a new file is generated. The only thing changing from one file to the other is the "modified date" while the rest is the same (file name,content, etc..). I don't mind having the same data many times on different dates.</P> <P>Thank you.<BR /> Regards,<BR /> David</P> Fri, 17 Jun 2016 12:42:01 GMT DavidHourani 2016-06-17T12:42:01Z How to configure Splunk to monitor and index a file that is generated by a script daily, even if there is no change? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-Splunk-to-monitor-and-index-a-file-that-is/m-p/221631#M43501 <P>Hello,</P> <P>I would like to monitor a file that is generated by a script. The script is run daily and the results can be the same for many days in a row. Splunk doesn't seem to take consecutive results if they are the same. </P> <P>Is there any way I can force Splunk to index data daily each time a new file is generated. The only thing changing from one file to the other is the "modified date" while the rest is the same (file name,content, etc..). I don't mind having the same data many times on different dates.</P> <P>Thank you.<BR /> Regards,<BR /> David</P> Fri, 17 Jun 2016 12:42:01 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-Splunk-to-monitor-and-index-a-file-that-is/m-p/221631#M43501 DavidHourani 2016-06-17T12:42:01Z Re: How to configure Splunk to monitor and index a file that is generated by a script daily, even if there is no change? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-Splunk-to-monitor-and-index-a-file-that-is/m-p/221632#M43502 <P>Hi,</P> <P>One trick that you can do is make a script to print the ouput of the file and index the output, with current time</P> <P>Hope i help you</P> Fri, 17 Jun 2016 12:56:16 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-Splunk-to-monitor-and-index-a-file-that-is/m-p/221632#M43502 jmallorquin 2016-06-17T12:56:16Z Re: How to configure Splunk to monitor and index a file that is generated by a script daily, even if there is no change? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-Splunk-to-monitor-and-index-a-file-that-is/m-p/221633#M43503 <P>As per <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/Inputsconf">inputs.conf</A></P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper" image-alt="alt text"><img src="https://community.splunk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1492i55D3356CE15021D5/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="alt text" alt="alt text" /></span></P> <P>-- Must be in the range 256-1048576.</P> <P>So, you need to ensure that something is different in the first 256 bytes (unless you change the default). Adding the date or a random number.</P> Fri, 17 Jun 2016 14:03:22 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-Splunk-to-monitor-and-index-a-file-that-is/m-p/221633#M43503 ddrillic 2016-06-17T14:03:22Z Re: How to configure Splunk to monitor and index a file that is generated by a script daily, even if there is no change? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-Splunk-to-monitor-and-index-a-file-that-is/m-p/221634#M43504 <P>smart plan <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:">😄</span> i was looking for something more like CRCsalt= ..don't know if that exists..</P> Fri, 17 Jun 2016 16:35:34 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-Splunk-to-monitor-and-index-a-file-that-is/m-p/221634#M43504 DavidHourani 2016-06-17T16:35:34Z Re: How to configure Splunk to monitor and index a file that is generated by a script daily, even if there is no change? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-Splunk-to-monitor-and-index-a-file-that-is/m-p/221635#M43505 <P>my entire file is the same daily <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:">😄</span> any solution with something like CRCsalt= ?</P> Fri, 17 Jun 2016 16:36:01 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-Splunk-to-monitor-and-index-a-file-that-is/m-p/221635#M43505 DavidHourani 2016-06-17T16:36:01Z Re: How to configure Splunk to monitor and index a file that is generated by a script daily, even if there is no change? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-Splunk-to-monitor-and-index-a-file-that-is/m-p/221636#M43506 <P>No for this time sorry.</P> Mon, 20 Jun 2016 07:34:52 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-Splunk-to-monitor-and-index-a-file-that-is/m-p/221636#M43506 jmallorquin 2016-06-20T07:34:52Z Re: How to configure Splunk to monitor and index a file that is generated by a script daily, even if there is no change? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-Splunk-to-monitor-and-index-a-file-that-is/m-p/221637#M43507 <P>Thank you jmallorquin</P> Wed, 03 Aug 2016 09:59:22 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-configure-Splunk-to-monitor-and-index-a-file-that-is/m-p/221637#M43507 DavidHourani 2016-08-03T09:59:22Z