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subsearch not returning IP address

Shivs2k
Explorer

I am trying to get a subsearch to return a single value which represents an IP address and I am getting an error "Error in 'eval' command: the number (ip address) is invalid"

 

eval a=
[ search index=pan sourcetype=pan:traffic dest_port=22
| stats count as c by src_ip
| sort - c
| head 1|return $src_ip]

 

any ideas?

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Add format clause

 

eval a=
[ search index=pan sourcetype=pan:traffic dest_port=22
| stats count as c by src_ip
| sort - c
| head 1|return $src_ip|format]

 

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Add format clause

 

eval a=
[ search index=pan sourcetype=pan:traffic dest_port=22
| stats count as c by src_ip
| sort - c
| head 1|return $src_ip|format]

 

Shivs2k
Explorer

thanks, this is cleaner than my solution!

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Shivs2k
Explorer

ok I fixed it myself, you have to add quotes to it.

 

eval a=
[ search index=pan sourcetype=pan:traffic dest_port=22
| stats count as c by src_ip
| sort - c
| head 1|eval a="\""+src_ip+"\""|return $a]

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