outputcsv
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outputcsv
Synopsis
Outputs search results to the specified csv file.
Syntax
outputcsv [create_empty=<bool>] [dispatch=<bool>] [usexml=<bool>] [singlefile=<bool>] [<filename>]
Optional arguments
- create_empty
- Syntax: create_empty=<bool>
- Descriptopn: If set to true and there are no results, creates a 0-length file. When false, no file is created and the files is deleted if it previously existed. Defaults to false.
- dispatch
- Syntax: dispatch=<bool>
- Description: If set to true, refers to a file in the job directory in
$SPLUNK_HOME/var/run/splunk/dispatch/<job id>/.
- filename
- Syntax: <filename>
- Description: Specify the name of a csv file to write the search results. This file should be located in
$SPLUNK_HOME/var/run/splunk. If no filename specified, rewrites the contents of each result as a CSV row into the "_xml" field. Otherwise writes into a file (appends ".csv" to filename if filename has no existing extension).
- singlefile
- Syntax: singlefile=<bool>
- Description: If singlefile is set to true and output spans multiple files, collapses it into a single file.
- usexml
- Syntax: usexml=<bool>
- Description: If there is no filename, specifies whether or not to encode the csv output into XML. This option should not specified when invoking outputcsv from the UI.
Examples
Example 1: Output search results to the CSV file 'mysearch.csv'.
... | outputcsv mysearchSee also
Answers
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk: 4.3 , 4.3.1 , 4.3.2 , 4.3.3 , 4.3.4 , 4.3.5 , 4.3.6 View the Article History for its revisions.