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eventcount

Synopsis

Returns the number of events in an index.

Syntax

eventcount [index-specifier] [summarize-specifier]

Arguments

index-specifier
Syntax:
Description:
summarize-specifier
Syntax:
Description:

Description

Examples

Example 1: Gives event count by each index/server pair.

| eventcount summarize=false index=*

Example 2: Displays event count over all search peers.

| eventcount summarize=true

Example 3: Return the number of events in the '_internal' index.

| eventcount index=_internal
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk: 4.0 , 4.0.1 , 4.0.2 , 4.0.3 , 4.0.4 , 4.0.5 , 4.0.6 , 4.0.7 , 4.0.8 , 4.0.9 , 4.0.10 , 4.0.11 View the Article History for its revisions.


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