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.show options

The .show options command lists set-statement options configured for your account.

// list all set-statement options (both active and overridden) configured for you
.show options

Purpose

Use .show options to get a list of set-statement options that you, or an Admin Search Member, have configured for your account. This command lets you:

  • See the values of the options.
  • Find out which options are active and which are overridden by other settings.
  • Identify which options were set by you and which were set the Search Admin.

Permissions

All Search Members can see all set-statement options that apply to their own account.

Syntax

     .show [Scope] options [with(reason = "InvestigationReason")]

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
ScopestringScope for listing the options:
  • all or *: List all options configured for your account.
  • active: List only those options that may affect your searches at the moment (that is, options that are not being overridden by other settings).
InvestigationReasonstringThe reason for running the .show options command, which is added to the Cribl Search audit log.

Returns

Returns a list of set-statement options configured for your account. The results include the following details:

FieldDescription
_timeExecution time of the .show options command.
successtrue if the .show options command was successful.
optionThe name of the set-statement option.
valueThe value of the option.
sourceThe scope in which the option was set.
activetrue if the option affects your searches. false if the option doesn’t affect you at the moment because it’s being overridden by another setting.

Examples

See all set-statement options that affect you at the moment.

.show active options
             with(reason = "Just checking options active for my account.")