Getting Data In

Extract part of string

sarit_s
Communicator

Hello

 

I have this source path for example :

 

AAN831AA_ELS_Log_20200102064858+0000-[PS-MELSPP2]/fsmLog_010220-064856_4C5KKM00_AAN831AA.txt

 

and i want to extract the part before '-'
 

 

AAN831AA_ELS_Log_20200102064858+0000

 

 what should i do ?

 

thanks

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

For a search-time extraction, use rex.

| rex "(?<field>[^-]+)"

For an index-time extraction, put this in transforms.conf and reference it in props.conf.

[extractField]
REGEX = (?<field>[^-]+)

 

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

For a search-time extraction, use rex.

| rex "(?<field>[^-]+)"

For an index-time extraction, put this in transforms.conf and reference it in props.conf.

[extractField]
REGEX = (?<field>[^-]+)

 

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