Why is my oneshot command not working

[tkw03]

I have a oneshot command thats returning strange error message. I have everything in [-paramteter value] format. Heres the command:

/opt/splunk/bin/splunk add oneshot host12345.messages -hostname host12345 –index nix_os –sourcetype syslog

and the response:

Parameters must be in the form '-parameter value'

[tkw03 · Accepted solution]

Figured it out. this was the result of a bad copy/paste issue.

I re-wrote the command, no copying and it worked as expected.

Thanks!

[richgalloway]

In the two versions of Splunk I checked, the add oneshot command takes a single argument.

$ splunk help add oneshot

adds onetime file input

Syntax:

        None

Objects:

        add oneshot                             adds onetime file input

Required Parameters:

        (For add oneshot)
                source                          name of a file to add to inputs

Optional Parameters:

        None