Splunk® Style Guide

Splunk Style Guide

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Brackets

There are three kinds of brackets: angle brackets, curly braces, and square brackets.

Angle brackets ( < and > )

Use angle brackets as a placeholder for variables you want the user to enter.

Correct
Enter your user-specified domain in this format: https://<user-specified domain>.splunkcloud.com.
Incorrect
Enter your user-specified domain in this format: https://{user-specified domain}.splunkcloud.com.
Enter your user-specified domain in this format: https://(user-specified domain).splunkcloud.com
Enter your user-specified domain in this format: https://[user-specified domain].splunkcloud.com

You can also use angle brackets to indicate navigation or a series of menu item selections. See the following example:

  • Select Save As > Saved search > Close.

Curly braces ( { and } )

Use curly braces only when they are part of a code sample or other string literal.

Square brackets ( [ and ] )

Use square brackets around a .conf file stanza name or within code.

Correct
Edit the [splunktcp] stanza.
Specify a subsearch that starts with this search command: tag=dns query [search tag=malware].
Incorrect
Enter your user-specified domain in this format: https://[user-specified domain].splunkcloud.com.
Last modified on 25 May, 2022
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