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Version: v4.24

write_zeek_tsv

Transforms event stream into Zeek Tab-Separated Value byte stream.

write_zeek_tsv [set_separator=str, empty_field=str, unset_field=str, disable_timestamp_tags=bool]

Description​

The Zeek network security monitor comes with its own tab-separated value (TSV) format for representing logs. This format includes additional header fields with field names, type annotations, and additional metadata.

The write_zeek_tsv operator (re)generates the TSV metadata based on Tenzir's internal schema. Tenzir's data model is a superset of Zeek's, so the conversion into Zeek TSV may be lossy. The Zeek types count, real, and addr map to the respective Tenzir types uint64, double, and ip.

set_separator = str (optional)​

Specifies the set separator.

Defaults to \x09.

empty_field = str (optional)​

Specifies the separator for empty fields.

Defaults to (empty).

unset_field = str (optional)​

Specifies the separator for unset "null" fields.

Defaults to -.

disable_timestamp_tags = bool (optional)​

Disables the #open and #close timestamp tags.

Defaults to false.

Examples​

Write filtered Zeek to filtered_conn.log:

subscribe "zeek-logs"
where duration > 2s and id.orig_p != 80
write_zeek_tsv
save_file "filtered_conn.log"