what command should i use to blacklist a log file named(trc_*.txt)? Please help.
You should locate the inputs.conf that has this input and apply a blacklist there. More information about blacklists for inputs is available in the following links:
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/5.0.2/Data/Whitelistorblacklistspecificincomingdata http://docs.splunk.com/Splexicon:Blacklist http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/5.0.2/Admin/Inputsconf
