This command converts from various codecs to utf-8 (unicode) readable by Splunk. Usage >. All supported codecs listed in list at the following link 'http://docs.python.org/2/library/codecs.html'. *notes: '*' (astrisk) not supported as field argument. Default field is '_raw', default codec set by system's language configuration. Will be happy to have some feedback or suggestions. Tested: Language: hebrew codec 'cp1255' or as known 'Windows-1255' OS: Windows 7 64bit - locale (he-IL,cp1255) Splunk: 5.0.2 I'll be glad to hear how it works with other languages like Russian or Other.