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How to stop monitoring a particular log file name in Splunk?

gunturu_nagasri
Explorer

Log path being monitored /tmp/*.log

I have numerous files under the log path that are being monitored. How I can stop monitoring only a particular log file e.g. : abc.log, from the path /tmp?

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sanjeev543
Communicator

You can try this way

[monitor:///tmp/*.log]
blacklist = abc.log

sundareshr
Legend
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