Conventions
In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning.
Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "For instance, in Cisco log files there is a src_ip
field."
A block of code is set as follows:
[mySourcetype] REPORT-fields = myLinuxScript_fields
When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:
[myUnstructured]
DATETIME_CONFIG =
NO_BINARY_CHECK = true
category = Custom
pulldown_type = true
Any command-line input or output is written ...
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