topic Re: Can not see the output of btool in windows in Getting Data In

Can not see the output of btool in windows

ddrillic — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 20:31:41 GMT

I run the following:

C:\opt\splunk\splunkforwarder\bin>splunk btool inputs list > ..\btool.text

And I get an empty file. Why?

Re: Can not see the output of btool in windows

mdsnmss — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 21:01:48 GMT

I don't get results unless I run as admin. You should also specify the .exe.

C:\opt\splunk\splunkforwarder\bin\splunk.exe btool inputs list > ..\btool.text

Re: Can not see the output of btool in windows

mdsnmss — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 21:02:32 GMT

Unless you customized the install folder, it would be "C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\bin\splunk.exe" btool inputs list > C:\Users\user\Downloads\btool.text" by default on Windows.

Re: Can not see the output of btool in windows

ddrillic — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 00:56:46 GMT

Interesting, my colleague also suggested to use .\splunk.exe list inputstatus instead. Which one is better?

We ended up using the Power Shell command interface.

Re: Can not see the output of btool in windows

ddrillic — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 00:58:54 GMT

Thank you @mdsnmss.