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Issue with Starting Splunk on Linux bash

abhishekvaidhav
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I have installed splunk on Linux OS which is bash version.

After installation when I have started with the command sudo /bin/sh splunk  start --accept-license

It s throwing me a error : /bin/sh:0: cant open splunk

U have set the file permissions as well

I ve also tried running sudo  ./splunk start --accept-license 

Its throwing me an error Unterminated quoted string

Please advise how to p

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
splunk start --accept-license

should work.  Perhaps your version of Linux ("bash" is not a version, BTW) uses systemctl.  In that case, try

sudo systemctl start splunk

See https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.4/Admin/StartSplunk#Start_Splunk_Enterprise_on_.2An...

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