Splunk Fundamentals 1 Practice Exam

What command would you use to remove the status field from the returned events?

1. table

2. fields -

3. not

4. fields

The correct answer is: fields -

The command used to remove the status field from the returned events is indeed the fields command with a minus sign. This command is part of the fields command family in Splunk, which allows users to include or exclude specific fields from the results. When using the fields command with a minus sign preceding the field name (e.g., `fields - status`), it effectively excludes that particular field from the output of the search results. This is particularly useful for streamlining data and focusing on only the necessary information, thereby enhancing the clarity and efficiency of the analysis process. The other options do not serve this purpose. For example, the table command is used to format the output into a table with specific fields but does not remove fields. The fields command without the minus sign only includes the specified fields rather than excluding them. The term not is not a command in Splunk and does not apply in this context.