
script
Description
Calls an external python program that can modify or generate search results. Scripts must be declared in the commands.conf
file and be located in the $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/<app_name>/bin/
directory. The script is executed using $SPLUNK_HOME/bin/python
.
If you are using Splunk Cloud and want to install a custom script, file a Support ticket. Before being installed, your script is checked to ensure it complies with Splunk requirements for security, data safety, and so on.
Syntax
script <script-name> [<script-arg>...] [maxinputs=<int>]
Required arguments
- script-name
- Syntax: <string>
- Description: The name of the scripted search command to run, as defined in the
commands.conf
file.
Optional arguments
- maxinputs
- Syntax: maxinputs=<int>
- Description: Specifies how many of the input results are passed to the script.
- Default: 100
- script-arg
- Syntax: <string> ...
- Description: One or more arguments to pass to the script. If you are passing multiple arguments, delimit each argument with a space.
Usage
The script
command is effectively an alternative way to invoke custom search commands.
See <a href="https://dev.splunk.com/enterprise/docs/devtools/customsearchcommands/">Create custom search commands for apps in Splunk Cloud or Splunk Enterprise</a> in the Developer Guide on the Developer Portal.
The following search
| script commandname
is largely synonymous with
| commandname
Note: Some functions of the script command have been removed over time. The explicit choice of Perl or Python as an argument is no longer functional and such an argument is ignored. If you need to write Perl search commands you need to declare them as Perl in the commands.conf
file. This is not recommended, as you need to determine a number of underdocumented things about the input and output formats. Additionally, support for explicit filename reference for scripts in the etc/searchscripts
directory has been removed. All search commands must now be declared in the commands.conf
file.
Examples
Example 1:
Run the Python script "myscript" with arguments, myarg1 and myarg2; then, email the results.
... | script myscript myarg1 myarg2 | sendemail to=david@splunk.com
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk Cloud™: 7.0.13, 7.2.4, 7.2.6, 7.2.7, 7.2.8, 7.2.9, 7.2.10, 8.0.2006, 8.0.2007, 8.1.2008, 8.1.2009, 8.1.2011, 8.1.2012, 8.1.2101
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