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Are inputs.conf attribute values case sensitive?

Madhan45
Path Finder

[monitor:///tmp/ABC.txt] is my monitor stanza.

But if i have the file welcomeabcdef.txt that is "abc" (lowercase instead of uppercase) will it be read and indexed by Splunk?

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi Madhan45,
path after monitor:// is a unix path that is case sensitive!
This problem isn't present on Windows.
I usually test on shell every monitor stanza to be sure that result is the one I want.

Bye.
Giuseppe

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lfedak_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi Madhan45,
path after monitor:// is a unix path that is case sensitive!
This problem isn't present on Windows.
I usually test on shell every monitor stanza to be sure that result is the one I want.

Bye.
Giuseppe

Madhan45
Path Finder

Thanks for response Giuseppe.

so you meant to say "(astric)ABC(actric).txt", will not capture "welcomeabcde.txt" file in unix?

Is my understanding is correct?

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

yes,
you can test it in linux with the command

ls -al /your_path/*ABC*.txt

Anyway, you have to create two stanzas in inputs.conf.

Bye.
Giuseppe

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Madhan45
Path Finder

Ok thanks.

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

if, this solution satisfies your question,please accept or upvote it.
Bye.
giuseppe

Madhan45
Path Finder

Setting:
[monitor:///tmp/ABC.txt]

File name :
welcomeabcdef.txt

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