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eventcount

Synopsis

Returns the number of events in an index.

Syntax

eventcount [index-specifier] [summarize-specifier]

Optional arguments

index-specifier
Syntax: index=<string>
Description: The name of the index to count events, instead of the default index.
summarize-specifier
Syntax: summarize=<bool>
Description: Specifier whether or not to summarize eventcounts.

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

Answers

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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk: 4.1 , 4.1.1 , 4.1.2 , 4.1.3 , 4.1.4 , 4.1.5 , 4.1.6 , 4.1.7 , 4.1.8 , 4.2 , 4.2.1 , 4.2.2 , 4.2.3 , 4.2.4 , 4.2.5 , 4.3 View the Article History for its revisions.


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