In which Splunk configuration is the SEDCMD used?

The correct answer is A. props, conf. SEDCMD is a setting used in props.conf to perform sed-like regular expression substitutions on raw event data during the parsing phase. It modifies the raw text of events before they are indexed, making it useful for masking sensitive data (e.g., credit card numbers) or…

Configuration Files

Question

Options

Aprops, conf
Binputs.conf
Cindexes.conf
Dtransforms.conf

How the community answered

(41 responses)

A
93% (38)
B
2% (1)
D
5% (2)

Explanation

SEDCMD is a setting used in props.conf to perform sed-like regular expression substitutions on raw event data during the parsing phase. It modifies the raw text of events before they are indexed, making it useful for masking sensitive data (e.g., credit card numbers) or cleaning up malformed fields. It is not available in inputs.conf, indexes.conf, or transforms.conf.

Topics

#SEDCMD#props.conf#Data Transformation#Configuration Files

Community Discussion

No community discussion yet for this question.

Full SPLK-1003 Practice