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crawl search command doesn't exist on Splunk 7.0.2

lqiao
Explorer

when executing "| crawl root=/home/bob", I got below error:

Error in 'crawl' command: Cannot find program 'crawl' or script 'crawl'.

The latest Splunk version in the doc for this command is 6.6.5. Does this mean that this command has been removed? If so, why? If not, how to use it on 7.0.2? Thanks.

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ChrisG
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

The crawlcommand was removed in Splunk Enterprise 7.0, as documented in the release notes.

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ChrisG
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

The crawlcommand was removed in Splunk Enterprise 7.0, as documented in the release notes.

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lqiao
Explorer

Thanks Chris. I received the same feedback from Laura Stewart - Sr Staff Technical Writer for the search command online doc.

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