I'm trying to upload an ascii file (created on a IBM mainframe) into splunk using the lookup - add new lookup table file option. Its not a CSV format, just text with no comma separated fields (also known as a flat/sequential file). I'm getting the following error :- "Encountered the following error while trying to save: File is binary or file encoding is not supported, only utf-8 encoded files are supported". Am i using the correct option to get the data into splunk, if yes, how do i overcome the error?
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