.SPL File Extension

SPL files are saved to the following directory when a print job is submitted: C:\​Windows\​System32\​spool\​PRINTERS\​.

NOTE: Windows also saves an .SHD file to the same directory as the SPL file when printing. This "shadow" file allows the print job to be resubmitted if it is interrupted.

You can open an SPL file and view its contents in EMF Printer Spool File Viewer (Windows) and SPLViewer (Windows). You can also use these applications to print the print job described in your SPL file.

You can open SPL files using Splunk Enterprise or Splunk Cloud, which is the web version of Splunk Enterprise. Some examples of Splunk apps include User Role Checker, PyDen Manager, Slack Notification Alert, Cisco Network App for Splunk, and Palo Alto Networks App for Splunk.

SPL files are the same as .TAR.GZ files but use the .spl file extension instead of the .tar.gz extension. They store the application files in TAR archives (tarballs), which are compressed with the standard GNU zip (gzip) compression algorithm.

You can package your Splunk app as an SPL package by opening a command prompt and navigating to the following directory:

$SPLUNK_HOME/​bin/​

Then, enter one of the following commands depending on the computer you are using:

• Windows - splunk package app your_app_name
• macOS - ./splunk package app your_app_name

You can open and edit an SPL file with Microsoft Visual Studio Code (multiplatform) or any other text editor. You can use the shakespearelang interpreter (multiplatform) to run the program an SPL file contains.

Like many text editors, Vim (and its variants) contains spell check functionality that highlights users' spelling mistakes. To turn on spell check, Vim users must either enter the command setlocal spell in Vim's command line or add the set spell command to their .VIMRC file.

By default, Vim uses English spelling dictionary files, named en.characterset.spl, to check users' spelling. However, users can modify their VIMRC file's set spelllang setting to use other languages' spelling dictionaries. Vim contains over 100 SPL dictionaries, grouped into over 50 languages. In addition to these SPL files, Vim uses SUG and DIFF files to highlight misspelled words and show spelling suggestions.

Vim SPL files are not meant to be opened. If you want to use an SPL file as your Vim spelling dictionary, you can do so by:

1. Opening your Vim VIMRC file.
2. Updating the set spelllang setting to use your SPL file's language code. For example, if your SPL file is named fr.latin1.spl, update the setspelllang setting to read set spellang=fr

If necessary, you can download SPL files (as well as each language's SUG and DIFF files) from ftp.vim.org.