What arguments are required when using the spath command?

Question

Options

• Ainput, output, index
• Binput, output path
• CNo arguments are required.
• Dfield, host, source

• A
  6% (2)
• B
  91% (31)
• C
  3% (1)

Explanation

Option B is correct because the spath command in Splunk uses input (the field containing structured data like JSON or XML, defaulting to _raw), output (the field where extracted values are stored), and path (the XPath or dot-notation expression pointing to the value you want to extract). These three parameters define the full extraction pipeline when working with structured data.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A is wrong because index is not a parameter of spath - it's a core Splunk concept for data storage, not field extraction.
• C is wrong because while spath can run without arguments to auto-extract all fields, the question targets the arguments the command uses, and path in particular is essential for targeted extraction.
• D is wrong because field, host, and source are either generic Splunk field names or unrelated command arguments, none of which are spath parameters.

Memory tip: Think of spath as a pipeline: Input → Path → Output (IPO). You feed it a structured field, tell it where to look with a path expression, and name where to put the result - matching the input, output, path pattern in option B.

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