Getting Data In

Reading CSV files from folder

SplunkBaby
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Hi
I want to add multiple CSV files to a folder and want spunk to read all the CSV files in that folder.
Ie if i put a CSV file today i want splunk to read that file today and tomorrow also i will put files to that folder.I want splunk to read the file whenever i put CSV files to folder.
How can i achieve this.
Also i want _time field to reflect time when splunk reads the files.
How can i achieve this.

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