https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/ERROR-ScriptRunner/m-p/158582#M97995 <P>Any idea as to what causes this error:</P> <P>02-19-2014 17:17:01.577 -0500 ERROR ScriptRunner - extern write error: errno=Broken pipe<BR /> This is from the Search Heads splunkd.log.</P> <P>Found a similar question asked two years ago, but there was no answer.</P> Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:22:56 GMT shmoman 2014-02-19T23:22:56Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/ERROR-ScriptRunner/m-p/158582#M97995 <P>Any idea as to what causes this error:</P> <P>02-19-2014 17:17:01.577 -0500 ERROR ScriptRunner - extern write error: errno=Broken pipe<BR /> This is from the Search Heads splunkd.log.</P> <P>Found a similar question asked two years ago, but there was no answer.</P> Wed, 19 Feb 2014 23:22:56 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/ERROR-ScriptRunner/m-p/158582#M97995 shmoman 2014-02-19T23:22:56Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/ERROR-ScriptRunner/m-p/158583#M97996 <P>In my case I was creating a custom search command and I didnt "receive the events from the previous search"</P> <P>adding this to my python script fixed it</P> <PRE><CODE># get the previous search results results,unused1,settings = splunk.Intersplunk.getOrganizedResults() </CODE></PRE> <P>The error message is telling you it had all these events "in the pipe" being sent to your command and your command didnt handle those events.</P> Fri, 22 Jan 2016 17:15:47 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/ERROR-ScriptRunner/m-p/158583#M97996 jkat54 2016-01-22T17:15:47Z