https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/The-file-count-for-my-monitored-directory-is-higher-than/m-p/46119#M8685 <P>I guess monitoring does not necessarily mean indexing.</P> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:11:51 GMT hulahoop 2010-09-11T12:11:51Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/The-file-count-for-my-monitored-directory-is-higher-than/m-p/46117#M8683 <P>When I look in Manager &gt;&gt; Data Inputs &gt;&gt; Files &amp; Directories, the entry for the monitored directory I have defined with a (white|black)list shows a count of "number of files" much higher than expected. In fact, that count is equal to all files and directories to be found recursively in the monitored directory, seemingly disregarding my (white|black)list setting!</P> Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:59:38 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/The-file-count-for-my-monitored-directory-is-higher-than/m-p/46117#M8683 hexx 2010-09-08T21:59:38Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/The-file-count-for-my-monitored-directory-is-higher-than/m-p/46118#M8684 <P>When using a whitelist or a blacklist in the definition of a [monitor] input, the total count of monitored files for that input in SplunkWeb doesn't subtract the files excluded by the white|blacklist. That count also includes directories traversed. This results in a very inflated number of monitored files displayed by SplunkWeb in Manager &gt;&gt; Data Inputs &gt;&gt; Files &amp; Directories therefore doesn't reflect the actual number of monitored files. </P> <P>We currently (as of 4.1.4) have a bug opened against this behavior : SPL-32930</P> <P>An accurate reading of the files Splunk is monitoring can be obtained by running :</P> <PRE><CODE>$SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk list monitor </CODE></PRE> Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:05:04 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/The-file-count-for-my-monitored-directory-is-higher-than/m-p/46118#M8684 hexx 2010-09-08T22:05:04Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/The-file-count-for-my-monitored-directory-is-higher-than/m-p/46119#M8685 <P>I guess monitoring does not necessarily mean indexing.</P> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:11:51 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/The-file-count-for-my-monitored-directory-is-higher-than/m-p/46119#M8685 hulahoop 2010-09-11T12:11:51Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/The-file-count-for-my-monitored-directory-is-higher-than/m-p/46120#M8686 <P>Hi,<BR /> Please Could someone tell me how to count the number of files and directories in a folder in splunk ?<BR /> Regards</P> Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:24:07 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/The-file-count-for-my-monitored-directory-is-higher-than/m-p/46120#M8686 Afef 2014-08-13T11:24:07Z