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outputtext

Description

Outputs the contents of the _raw field to the _xml field.

The outputtext command was created as an internal mechanism to render event texts for output.

Syntax

outputtext [usexml=<bool>]

Optional arguments

usexml
Syntax: usexml=<bool>
Description: If set to true, the copy of the _raw field in the _xml is escaped XML. If usexml is set to false, the _xml field is an exact copy of _raw.
Default: true

Usage

The outputtext command is a reporting command.

The outputtext command writes all search results to the search head. In Splunk Web, the results appear in the Statistics tab.

Examples

1. Output the _raw field into escaped XML

Output the "_raw" field of your current search into "_xml".

... | outputtext

See also

outputcsv

Last modified on 03 March, 2020
outputlookup   overlap

This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk Cloud Platform™: 9.3.2411 (latest FedRAMP release), 8.2.2112, 8.2.2201, 8.2.2203, 8.2.2202, 9.0.2205, 9.0.2208, 9.0.2209, 9.0.2303, 9.0.2305, 9.1.2308, 9.1.2312, 9.2.2403, 9.2.2406, 9.3.2408

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