topic Why is my oneshot command not working in Getting Data In

Why is my oneshot command not working

tkw03 — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 13:32:53 GMT

I have a oneshot command thats returning strange error message. I have everything in [-paramteter value] format. Heres the command:

/opt/splunk/bin/splunk add oneshot host12345.messages -hostname host12345 –index nix_os –sourcetype syslog

and the response:

Parameters must be in the form '-parameter value'

Re: Why is my oneshot command not working

richgalloway — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 14:26:21 GMT

In the two versions of Splunk I checked, the add oneshot command takes a single argument.

$ splunk help add oneshot adds onetime file input Syntax: None Objects: add oneshot adds onetime file input Required Parameters: (For add oneshot) source name of a file to add to inputs Optional Parameters: None

Re: Why is my oneshot command not working

tkw03 — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 16:36:59 GMT

Figured it out. this was the result of a bad copy/paste issue.

I re-wrote the command, no copying and it worked as expected.

Thanks!