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what is the syntax used for filtering a configuration details using btool in windows command prompt

Hemnaath
Motivator

Hi Team,

How to filter a particular index config details using btool command in windows environment? In unix we use the btool command along with the pipe symbol to filter out a specific detail from entire configuration setup.

Example index=web
In unix we run the btool command like this
./splunk cmd btool inputs list --debug | grep web | more

similarly what is the syntax to filter the same details in windows command prompt.

Kindly provide me the exact syntax details to filter out index=web from the inputs.conf.

thanks in advance.

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rkadiri_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

You can use powershell and try the following command.

./splunk cmd btool inputs list --debug | select-string -pattern ""

Examples:

./splunk cmd btool inputs list --debug | select-string -pattern "index = default"
./splunk cmd btool inputs list --debug | select-string -pattern "index = *"
./splunk cmd btool inputs list --debug | select-string -pattern "local"

Find more details below.

http://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/feature/Filtering-output-from-Windows-PowerShell

Hope this helps.

Hemnaath
Motivator

Hi All, Can anyone guide me on how to filter a particular configuration detail using btool command in windows environement.

thanks in advance.

0 Karma
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