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Skipping Index after transformation

kkamatchisundar
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I have certain logs in which I had to change the format of the logs.For this a custom sourcetype containing the transformation regex was created and applied over the logs.
Now done with the transformation.But the problem is I dont want these transformed logs to undergo the indexing process.
Also I want these transformed logs to be directed to an external file wihtout getting stored in splunk.How to do this in splunk.

Please advise.

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Ayn
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You can't do this in Splunk. Logs that are entered into Splunk are either indexed, forwarded or dropped. Your option might be to forward it via TCP or similar to a third party system that then writes it to file, but it sounds to me you're looking for the wrong tool for the wrong job.

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