Getting Data In

Can we zip CSV files before emailing them?

AdamJordan
Engager

Can we zip files before sending them as email?

For example:

| outputcsv Splunk.csv | zip splunk.csv  | sendmail to =splunk@splunk.com

mcrawford44
Communicator

http://answers.splunk.com/answers/140208/how-to-compress-csv-file-and-email-it-on-unix-platform.html

You could create a script that does this outside of the web interface via CLI, but there is no native compression mechanism command to use in a query.

Or you could create a custom command to facilitate, but there are licensing issues to contend with.

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