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Single Splunk command to generate dummy data that can be run in the search bar

lukesplunklukes — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 15:43:58 GMT

Can someone advise on a single Splunk command that can be run in the search bar that will display dummy data? This was demonstrated by an instructor in the past but I can't remember what the command was

Re: Single Splunk command to generate dummy data that can be run in the search bar

richgalloway — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 01:10:41 GMT

Perhaps it was | makeresults?

Re: Single Splunk command to generate dummy data that can be run in the search bar

mstjohn_splunk — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 19:25:12 GMT

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Re: Single Splunk command to generate dummy data that can be run in the search bar

lukesplunklukes — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 19:50:52 GMT

Thanks for answering but nope, thats not the one I was thinking of

Re: Single Splunk command to generate dummy data that can be run in the search bar

lweiss — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 19:29:33 GMT

Try this, it'll generate 100 dummy events for you.

| windbag

Re: Single Splunk command to generate dummy data that can be run in the search bar

woodcock — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 20:55:44 GMT

You can use | gentimes, too.

Re: Single Splunk command to generate dummy data that can be run in the search bar

woodcock — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 21:00:50 GMT

There is also | streambag.

Re: Single Splunk command to generate dummy data that can be run in the search bar

mjuestel2 — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 15:56:16 GMT

I believe the command you are looking for is scrub.

I attended .Conf last year where an instructor used this command to replace "real data" with dummy information, while keeping the format of the data.

This command comes in useful when wanting to anonymize the data, when passing it on to a 3rd party etc.

I use it when pasting data into 3rd party websites, to work on Regex extractions.

|scrub

Re: Single Splunk command to generate dummy data that can be run in the search bar

PickleRick — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 11:19:02 GMT

Well... scrub can work strangely sometimes.

For example, scrubbing my firewall logs shows that my firewalls do actions:

- allowed
- blocked
- dropped
- mckenzie

🤣