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Help with parsing a cmd log file

arijitnag
New Member

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**Command: C:\cmd command - xxx..
Started at: 12/04/2017 07:03:02

Finished at: 12/04/2017 07:06:03 with code 0**

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**Command: C:\cmd command - xxx..
Started at: 12/04/2017 07:03:02

Finished at: 12/04/2017 07:06:03 with code 0**

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**Command: Command\xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...
Started at: 12/04/2017 07:06:03
Command output:
c:># xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx......
c:>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Finished at: 12/04/2017 07:06:25 with code 0**

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**Command: C:\cmd command - xxx..
Started at: 12/04/2017 07:06:25

Finished at: 12/04/2017 07:06:28 with code 0**

Individual log entries begin and end with a '====' separator.

Since the timestamp entries are seemless across logs, finished and new log parsing is erratic.

Tried with putting following prop.conf at $SPLUNK_HOME/system/local

[source_type]
LINE_BREAKER = [=]+
BREAK_ONLY_BEFORE_DATE = false
SHOULD_LINEMERGE = true
DATETIME_CONFIG = NONE
MUST_BREAK_AFTER = [=]+

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1 Solution

richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

The LINE_BREAKER attribute needs a capture group to work correctly. Try LINE_BREAKER = ([=\s]+)Command: or LINE_BREAKER = ()Command:.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

The LINE_BREAKER attribute needs a capture group to work correctly. Try LINE_BREAKER = ([=\s]+)Command: or LINE_BREAKER = ()Command:.

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