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How to extract part of a field which has hyphens?

SGL
Engager

Hi,

I wanted to extract the field "login-first" and "delaccount" from result events. Following are 2 sample fields from the results logs.

cf_app_name: AB123-login-first-pr

cf_app_name: CD123-delaccount-pr

Sample query used :

index=preprod source=logmon env="preprod"

Please help me to extract the fields.

Thanks in advance,

SGL

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Manasa_401
Communicator

Hello @SGL 

I hope the following regex helps you.

| rex field=cf_app_name "(?<new_field>(?<=-).*?(?=-pr))"

 

If this helps, an upvote would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Manasa

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @SGL,

good for you, see next time!

Ciao and happy splunking

Giuseppe

P.S.: Karma Points are appreciated by all the contributors 😉

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Manasa_401
Communicator

Hello @SGL 

I hope the following regex helps you.

| rex field=cf_app_name "(?<new_field>(?<=-).*?(?=-pr))"

 

If this helps, an upvote would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Manasa

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @SGL,

to help you in field extraction is mandatory to have some sample of your logs to create a regex.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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