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Single Splunk command to generate dummy data that can be run in the search bar

lukesplunklukes
New Member

Can someone advise on a single Splunk command that can be run in the search bar that will display dummy data? This was demonstrated by an instructor in the past but I can't remember what the command was

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mjuestel2
Path Finder

I believe the command you are looking for is scrub.

I attended .Conf last year where an instructor used this command to replace "real data" with dummy information, while keeping the format of the data. 

This command comes in useful when wanting to anonymize the data, when passing it on to a 3rd party etc.

I use it when pasting data into 3rd party websites, to work on Regex extractions.



|scrub

 

 

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PickleRick
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Well... scrub can work strangely sometimes.

For example, scrubbing my firewall logs shows that my firewalls do actions:

- allowed
- blocked
- dropped
- mckenzie

🤣

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

There is also | streambag.

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

You can use | gentimes, too.

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lweiss
Explorer

Try this, it'll generate 100 dummy events for you.

| windbag
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mstjohn_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

hi @lukesplunklukesplunk

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Perhaps it was | makeresults?

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lukesplunklukes
New Member

Thanks for answering but nope, thats not the one I was thinking of

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