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script

Synopsis

Makes calls to external Perl or Python programs.

Syntax

script [perl|python] script-name-arg [script-arg]* [maxinputs-opt]

Description

Calls an external python or perl program that can modify or generate search results. Scripts must live in splunk_home/etc/searchscripts and only a search user with administrator privileges may execute them. For python, splunk_home/bin/python is used; for perl, /usr/bin/perl.

Examples

Example 1: Run the Python script "myscript" with arguments, myarg1 and myarg2; then, email the results.

... | script python myscript myarg1 myarg2 | sendemail to=david@splunk.com
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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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