https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Is-there-a-Splunk-command-to-find-out-configuration-errors-or/m-p/330088#M98260 <P>btool just outputs to standardout, so you see its output immediately on the commandline after entering that command.</P> <P>For more convenient viewing, you can redirect the output to a file, or pipe it to a viewer like <CODE>less</CODE> or <CODE>more</CODE> the usual way.</P> Mon, 17 Dec 2018 10:19:53 GMT FrankVl 2018-12-17T10:19:53Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Is-there-a-Splunk-command-to-find-out-configuration-errors-or/m-p/330081#M98253 <P>Hi,</P> <P>I was wondering is there a Splunk command to find out configuration errors? For example, LINE_BrEAKER in props has a typo. So is there anyway we could find out these types of errors?</P> Mon, 27 Feb 2017 19:52:04 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Is-there-a-Splunk-command-to-find-out-configuration-errors-or/m-p/330081#M98253 kteng2024 2017-02-27T19:52:04Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Is-there-a-Splunk-command-to-find-out-configuration-errors-or/m-p/330082#M98254 <P>use <CODE>btool</CODE></P> <P>In a terminal on the Splunk server, use the command</P> <P><CODE>$ SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk btool check</CODE></P> Mon, 27 Feb 2017 19:55:45 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Is-there-a-Splunk-command-to-find-out-configuration-errors-or/m-p/330082#M98254 rjthibod 2017-02-27T19:55:45Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Is-there-a-Splunk-command-to-find-out-configuration-errors-or/m-p/330083#M98255 <P>Other useful variants are</P> <PRE><CODE>$SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk btool validate-strptime $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk btool validate-regex </CODE></PRE> <P>Just run $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk btool to see full syntax and options.</P> Mon, 27 Feb 2017 20:03:21 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Is-there-a-Splunk-command-to-find-out-configuration-errors-or/m-p/330083#M98255 somesoni2 2017-02-27T20:03:21Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Is-there-a-Splunk-command-to-find-out-configuration-errors-or/m-p/330084#M98256 <P>See also <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.5.2/Troubleshooting/Usebtooltotroubleshootconfigurations">Use btool to troubleshoot configurations</A> in the Splunk Enterprise <EM>Troubleshooting Manual</EM>.</P> Mon, 27 Feb 2017 21:06:52 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Is-there-a-Splunk-command-to-find-out-configuration-errors-or/m-p/330084#M98256 ChrisG 2017-02-27T21:06:52Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Is-there-a-Splunk-command-to-find-out-configuration-errors-or/m-p/330085#M98257 <P>@kteng2024 - Did the answer provided by rjthibod help provide a working solution to your question? If yes, please don't forget to resolve this post by clicking "Accept" and upvote any helpful comments. If no, please leave a comment with more feedback. Thank you.</P> Fri, 21 Apr 2017 04:49:55 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Is-there-a-Splunk-command-to-find-out-configuration-errors-or/m-p/330085#M98257 aaraneta_splunk 2017-04-21T04:49:55Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Is-there-a-Splunk-command-to-find-out-configuration-errors-or/m-p/330086#M98258 <P>Where do i might see the log files for BTOOL?</P> Mon, 17 Dec 2018 09:55:15 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Is-there-a-Splunk-command-to-find-out-configuration-errors-or/m-p/330086#M98258 Anonymous 2018-12-17T09:55:15Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Is-there-a-Splunk-command-to-find-out-configuration-errors-or/m-p/330087#M98259 <P>I found out that for checking the log fil i used &gt; file.txt</P> Mon, 17 Dec 2018 10:01:55 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Is-there-a-Splunk-command-to-find-out-configuration-errors-or/m-p/330087#M98259 Anonymous 2018-12-17T10:01:55Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Is-there-a-Splunk-command-to-find-out-configuration-errors-or/m-p/330088#M98260 <P>btool just outputs to standardout, so you see its output immediately on the commandline after entering that command.</P> <P>For more convenient viewing, you can redirect the output to a file, or pipe it to a viewer like <CODE>less</CODE> or <CODE>more</CODE> the usual way.</P> Mon, 17 Dec 2018 10:19:53 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Is-there-a-Splunk-command-to-find-out-configuration-errors-or/m-p/330088#M98260 FrankVl 2018-12-17T10:19:53Z