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Avoid .csv extension while doing outputlookup / creating lookup file

Ravan
Path Finder

Hi ,

How to avoid .csv extension while i am mentioning lookupfile name in outputlookup

Ex : ..search | outputlookup mylookup.csv

In need lokkupfile name as mylookup
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Drainy
Champion

In transforms.conf just define something like

[mylookup]
filename = mylookup.csv

then you can just search with search | outputlookup mylookup

You will need to restart splunk for this change to take effect

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