running a Saved Search from the Command Line Interface (CLI)

[seanlon11]

How do I run a Saved Search from the CLI whose name has spaces in it?

When I run a Saved Search whose name does NOT have spaces it works fine:

• ./splunk search "| savedsearch wpsqa01_login_scconlo"

When I try to run the following Saved Search WITH spaces, I receive an error:

• ./splunk search "| savedsearch Application Login Attempts"
• Error in 'savedsearch' command: Unable to find saved search named 'Application'.

I have tried multiple combinations of single and double quotes, but so far I cannot get it to work.

Any suggestions on how to get my Saved Search that has spaces in its name to work from the CLI?

Thanks, Sean

[gkanapathy]

You should open up a new topic on quoting CLI commands in Windows. But basically, because the Windows CMD shell has strange rules. You should quote the search string with double quotes ", but if you have to use double quotes within the search string to quote the name of a saved search, you probably need to quote those in turn by using double double-quotes "" in place of the single ones.

[jambajuice]

I am trying to run a saved search from the command-line in Windows. When I run the search with a "|" character before "savedsearch", Windows says that it doesn't recognize 'savedsearch' as an internal or external command.

How can I run a saved search from the command-line in Windows?

[chris]

If your saved search is in your own custom app you can run it as follows:

$SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk search '| savedsearch "My saved search"' -app myAppName

[bwooden · Accepted solution]

A double quoted search name within a single quoted search command worked for me...

$SPLUNK_HOME/bin/splunk search '|savedsearch "Splunk errors last 24 hours"'

[seanlon11]

Worked like a charm. Thought I had tried that combination, but apparently I was mistaken.

Thanks.

[vishaltaneja070]

@bwooden Not working in Windows CLI.