Exec

Exec (exec)

Obtain data by executing a shell command.

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• Fields

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
trigger	trigger		When and How to run the command.
retry	Retry		Retry policy.
command	multiline-text (string)	✅	A shell command (Powershell on Windows, system shell otherwise).
batch	Batch		Marking each group of input events in a distinct way.
result	Result		Fields where output, errors and status go (default is just stdout).
json	boolean (bool)		True if the input is already in JSON format.
no-strip-linefeeds	boolean (bool)		Do not remove any line endings from the command.
ignore-line-breaks	boolean (bool)		Treat result as one event.
env	exec_input:env		Environment as a YAML file or inline name-value pairs.
timeout	string		Maximum time to wait (500ms, 2s, etc).

Retry Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
count	integer		How to retry? Either forever or for a limited number of times.
pause	string		How long to pause before re-trying.

Batch Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
uuid-field	string		Field where generated uuid, the unique marker for the group, will be stored.
invocation-time-field	string		Field where invocation time will be stored.
completion-time-field	string		Field where completion (end of execution) time will be stored.
begin-marker-field	string		Field used to mark first event in the group.
end-marker-field	string		Field used to mark last event in the group.
line-count-field	string		Field used to store the line count of the batch.
line-num-field	string		Field used to store the line number of the batch.

Result Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
status-field	string		Field where exit status of command will be stored.
stderr-field	string		Field where stderr of command will be stored.
stdout-field	string		Field where stdout of command will be stored.