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How to extract a multi-line stack dump into a single event?

tmarlette
Motivator

I have a sourcetype that requires "SHOULD LINEMERGE=False" and I'm attempting to break out a multi-line event in that sourcetype.

Basically, I'm attempting to capture the entire 'stack dump' as a single event in splunk. I thought line breaker would be a good method, however reading the documentation, it may not be a good fit.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to extract a multi-line stack dump into a single event?

This is an example of a dump:

alt text

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lguinn2
Legend

You could put the following in props.conf

[yoursourcetypehere]
SHOULD_LINEMERGE=false
BREAK_ONLY_BEFORE=-- Memory Info Start --
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