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<14> prefix is displayed in splunk logs, what does it mean, why is it displayed? Can anyone answer this question please?

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Typically syslog events sent over the network start with a <number> containing information about so called "facility" and severity of the event. See https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3164#section-4.1.1

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Typically syslog events sent over the network start with a <number> containing information about so called "facility" and severity of the event. See https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3164#section-4.1.1

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Precisely, which log? Can you provide an example? (Anonymised as necessary.)

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