# Import bash output in Kibana, it's possible?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-bash-output-in-kibana-its-possible/288225>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 2, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-bash-output-in-kibana-its-possible/288225 "2021-11-02T12:30:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![pi314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@pi314](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pi314)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-bash-output-in-kibana-its-possible/288225/1 "2021-11-02T12:30:18Z")

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Hello everyone, can I import the output of a bash script into a kibana dashboard?

I have created the following script to search email sending in postfix but I want to put together something visually more attractive.

Here the script output:

==== Details Total Send To [emawata@gmail.com](mailto:emawata@gmail.com) ====  
From: [emanuel@emanuel-pc.democloud.com](mailto:emanuel@emanuel-pc.democloud.com)  
Recipient: [emawata@gmail.com](mailto:emawata@gmail.com)  
Date: Nov 2 09:28:10  
LOG\_ID: B1BA82A4F29  
Status: status=sent (250 2.0.0 OK 1635856092 l13si15557346qtk.47 - gsmtp)

Here the code:

```auto
#!/bin/bash

if (( $# != 1 )); then
  printf -- '%s\n' "" "Ingresar cuenta de correo" "Ej.: $0 rcpt@rcpt.com" "" >&2
  exit 1
fi

mail_dest="${1:?No mail_dest defined}"
mail_log="/var/log/mail.log"

get_mail_queue_id() {
  grep -iw "to=<${mail_dest}>" "${mail_log}" | 
    grep -E "status=(sent|deferred|bounced)" | 
    awk -F"smtp" '{print $2}' | 
    cut -d":" -f2 | 
    sed -e s'/ //g' | 
    sort | 
    uniq
}

# Usage: get_mail_path [to|from] qid
get_mail_path() {
  grep "${2:?No QID supplied}" "${mail_log}" | 
    sed -r 's/^([^;]*;)[^;]*;/\1/' | 
    awk 'BEGIN{FS=OFS=" "} {print $7}' | 
    grep -w "${1:?No mail direction supplied}=" | 
    tr -d , | 
    grep -E -o "\b[A-Za-z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,6}\b"
}

get_mail_date() {
  grep "${1:?No QID supplied}" "${mail_log}" | 
    sed -r 's/^([^;]*;)[^;]*;/\1/' |
    awk 'BEGIN{FS=OFS=" "} {print $1, $2,$3; exit}' 
}

get_mail_dsn(){
grep "${1:?No QID supplied}" "${mail_log}" |  
    awk -F "," '{print $6}' | 
    uniq | 
    sed '/^$/d'
}

printf -- '\n==== %s ====\n' "Detalle Total de Envios a <$1>"

for qid in $(get_mail_queue_id); do
  mail_source="$(get_mail_path from "${qid}")"
  mail_dest="$(get_mail_path to "${qid}")"
  mail_date="$(get_mail_date "${qid}")"
  mail_dsn="$(get_mail_dsn "${qid}")"

  printf -- 'From: %s\nDestinatario: %s\nFecha: %s\nLOG_ID: %s\nEstado de entrega: %s\n\n' \
    "${mail_source}" "${mail_dest}" "${mail_date}" "${qid}" "${mail_dsn}"
done

exit 0

```

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**Author:** ![aaron-nimocks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron-nimocks/32/73965_2.png) [@aaron-nimocks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aaron-nimocks)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 12:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-bash-output-in-kibana-its-possible/288225/2 "2021-11-02T12:37:18Z")

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I would save the results of the script into a local file and ingest it using [Logstash File input](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-file.html) and parse using [Grok](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-filters-grok.html) or [Dissect](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-filters-dissect.html). You might want to adjust how it writes the data to the log in order to parse easier.

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**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-bash-output-in-kibana-its-possible/288225/3 "2021-11-02T12:58:23Z")

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I agree with aaron-nimocks, save output to a file and reader with Logstash. Also you can expand your the script to use bulk insert in JSON format directly to Elasticsearch. And 3rd option which I haven't try: [Exec input plugin | Logstash Reference [7.15] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-exec.html)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/import-bash-output-in-kibana-its-possible/288225/4 "2021-11-30T12:58:30Z")

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