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Is SPlunk Query casesensitive ?

vickyjaiswal
New Member

Hi Guys,

As I am novice to Splunk .Only I want to know is splunk case sensitive or not .Sometimes my search is work with same query some times it does not work .

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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

SPL is case sensitive except for values in the search command. Example:

host="foo" | stats dc(A) by b

host, A, b is case sensitive, "foo" is not.

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riddhichandaran
Explorer

Field values are not case sensitive
Field names are always case sensitive, in the search command and in other commands.

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