As most Splunkers know,
splunk cmd btool --app=fooapp foofile list
will print out the combined configuration from the file foofile.conf in the app fooapp. The problem is that some keys have values with carriage-returns in them. These are represented in the config file with a '\' at the end. For example:
[foostanza]
search = blah blah blah \
more blah blah blah \
more=inside_search ... blah... \
done
description = foo description
This config file has two keys in the foostanza stanza: search and description. btool will print out the stanza as follows:
search = blah blah blah
more blah blah blah
more=inside_search ... blah...
done
description = foo description
This makes it look like there are three keys with junk in between them: search, more and description.
If there was a way to preserve the original '\' characters at the ends of lines, I could just do the following:
splunk cmd btool --app=fooapp foofile list >foofile_combined.conf
This would allow me to use foofile_combined.conf as the new version of foofile.conf. Unfortunately, I have to manually (ugggh) replace the end-of-line backslashes.
Does anyone have a way around this, or should I file an ER?
I'll consult with our devs, but you should file this as an enhancement request.
I'll consult with our devs, but you should file this as an enhancement request.