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How do I script Splunk commands in shell script to execute?

wkrupinsky
Explorer

I am writing a shell script which I will execute with a cron job to clean eventdata from files daily.  How do I script Splunk commands in shell script to execute?

 

Here is what I have:

cd /datadrive/opt/splunk/bin
./splunk clean eventdata -index audit
y
./splunk clean eventdata -index _internal
y
./splunk clean eventdata -index _introspection
y
./splunk clean eventdata -index _metrics
y
./splunk clean eventdata -index _telemetry
y
./splunk start

 

 

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

/datadrive/opt/splunk/bin/splunk stop
/datadrive/opt/splunk/bin/splunk clean eventdata -index audit --answer-yes

/datadrive/opt/splunk/bin/splunk clean eventdata -index _internal --answer-yes
/datadrive/opt/splunk/bin/splunk clean eventdata -index _introspection --answer-yes
/datadrive/opt/splunk/bin/splunk clean eventdata -index _metrics --answer-yes
/datadrive/opt/splunk/bin/splunk clean eventdata -index _telemetry --answer-yes
/datadrive/opt/splunk/bin/splunk start

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wkrupinsky
Explorer

Thank you so much, I will try that

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somesoni2
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