what is the best method to learn and understand the search commands in splunk? I am pretty new to splunk and challenging myself to understand splunk.

[fortoh]

I am new to splunk and from construction background. challenging myself to do something new.
How can you learn, understand and master the search commands in splunk?

[to4kawa]

https://answers.splunk.com/answers/811936/after-hello-world-what-do-you-learn-splunk-related.html
How about this?

and try and check SPL line by line.
I also do it.

P.S. how about my blog?(https://qiita.com/toshikawa/)

[renjith_nair]

@fortoh ,

There are plenty of online materials available.

To start with

• Download and install a splunk instance : https://www.splunk.com/en_us/download.html
• Browse through the documentation : https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/SearchTutorial/WelcometotheSearchTutorial
• Attend online trainings (there are free courses also) : https://www.splunk.com/en_us/training.html
• More videos and documentation :https://www.splunk.com/en_us/view/SP-CAAAG2R

If you are stuck at any point, please feel free to post your questions in this forum or on splunk user group in slack