[Bro] Getting the Output From system()

[Seth Hall]

On Dec 11, 2012, at 4:26 PM, Chris Crawford <christopher.p.crawford at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there anything like system() that returns the output of an external command?

I hate that I'm even pointing this out on the mailing list, but here it goes… 

You can do it with the input framework and system command together.  I have a minimal example that I wrote for the SecurityOnion guys for their Bro installation.  This script runs the hostname command and collects the output.

	https://github.com/sethhall/bro-securityonion/blob/master/hostname.bro

Have fun. :)

  .Seth

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