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selecting two source files at a time

splunkpoornima
Communicator

Hi all

In the search bar i want to use two source files and to see the events of the two files

below is the query i have used

source="E:\pros_data\taskmanager_log (2).txt" "E:\pros_data\taskmanager_log.txt"

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i am getting no results found

please give inputs

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yannK
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

source="sourceA" source="sourceB"

is equivalent to

source="sourceA" AND source="sourceB"

Because your events are very unlikely to be in the sourceA and the sourceB at the same time.

You should use OR instead of AND.

source="sourceA" OR source="sourceB"

Ayn
Legend

That is simply incorrect search syntax. You should take the Splunk tutorial to learn the basics, particularly the Start searching section.

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