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Compare Lookup CSV with Search

sumit29
Path Finder

Dear Experts ,

I have created the Lookup Hostname.csv(Contain only one field Hostname) which contain 100 number of hosts. I need to write a search to compare the hostname.csv with current search(List of unique hostname ) to get the new hostname come to network comparing with hostname.csv.

Lets say 101 , a new host came to network . Need to compare with hostname.csv . Display in search output

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HeinzWaescher
Motivator
sourcetype=foo NOT [inputlookup hostname.csv | fields+ host]
| stats values(host) AS new_hosts

The subsearch will exclude all known hosts from the list, so only new hosts are shown in the results

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HeinzWaescher
Motivator
sourcetype=foo NOT [inputlookup hostname.csv | fields+ host]
| stats values(host) AS new_hosts

The subsearch will exclude all known hosts from the list, so only new hosts are shown in the results

Michael
Contributor

hmm, did not work for me until I did:

index=blah [inputlookup hostname.csv | table host] | stats values(host) AS "Hosts appearing in Splunk, not on my list"

didn't use the "fields+"

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