How to convert 3-16:30:19 to minutes.

[revathiram]

Please help to convert  ELAPSED of format 3-16:30:19  (3days-16hours:30m:19s) to minutes.

[ITWhisperer]

| rex field=ELAPSED "(?<days>\d+)-(?<hours>\d+):(?<minutes>\d+):"
| eval elapsetime=(days * 60 * 24) + (hours * 60) + minutes

This assumes for less than a day you will still get a zero at the beginning