Which of the following file formats can be extracted using a delimiter field extraction?

The correct answer is A. CSV. Delimiter-based field extractions in Splunk work by splitting event data on a specific delimiter character (comma, tab, pipe, space, etc.) to identify field values. CSV (Comma-Separated Values) files are the classic use case for this extraction method. PDF (B) is a binary…

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ACSV
BPDF
CXML
DJSON

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A
89% (34)
B
3% (1)
C
5% (2)
D
3% (1)

Explanation

Delimiter-based field extractions in Splunk work by splitting event data on a specific delimiter character (comma, tab, pipe, space, etc.) to identify field values. CSV (Comma-Separated Values) files are the classic use case for this extraction method. PDF (B) is a binary document format that requires specialized parsing outside of Splunk's standard extraction. XML (C) is parsed using Splunk's XML extraction, not delimiters. JSON (D) is handled by Splunk's built-in JSON extraction method, not delimiter-based extraction.

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