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Regex to remove quotes in the middle of string

ethanthomas
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I am looking to get a regex to remove the double quotes in the middle of the below string .

message="filtername prefix "8610: ABCD: test purpose"

message="filtername prefix "CP9832: ABCD: test purpose"

 

I need to get as

message="filtername prefix 8610: ABCD: test purpose"

message="filtername prefix CP9832: ABCD: test purpose"

In Props conf file i have updated as 

SEDCMD-removeDoubleQuotes = s/(\")\d/g

will this help ? I am learning Regex 

 

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bowesmana
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

SEDCMD change would simply need to be

s/\"//g

Syntax is 

s/change_this/to_this/flags

so above you're changing the regex \" (search double quote) and replace with nothing, globally

I see you had a \d in your original - were you actually trying to find the quotes before a digit? If so, it would catch only the first, not the second example.

You don't need the capture group () as you're not using that captured value in the replacement.

 

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

The provided SEDCMD string fixes half of the examples, but not all of them, as it only replaces quotation marks followed by a digit.

Try SEDCMD-removeDoubleQuotes = s/\s"/\s/g

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bowesmana
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

SEDCMD change would simply need to be

s/\"//g

Syntax is 

s/change_this/to_this/flags

so above you're changing the regex \" (search double quote) and replace with nothing, globally

I see you had a \d in your original - were you actually trying to find the quotes before a digit? If so, it would catch only the first, not the second example.

You don't need the capture group () as you're not using that captured value in the replacement.

 

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