Getting Data In

Splitting fields with slashes

ajlBXsplunk
New Member

Anyone else having trouble or have guidance to split fields backslashes such as with file paths?

The field value is displayed as:

folder1\folder2\file.txt

And the raw value is:

folder1\\folder2\\file.txt

I have tried this with no luck:

| eval RelativeTargetNameSplit = split(RelativeTargetName, '\')
| eval RelativeTargetNameSplit = split(RelativeTargetName, '\\')
| eval RelativeTargetNameSplit = split(RelativeTargetName, '\\\\')
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ddrillic
Ultra Champion

| eval RelativeTargetNameSplit = split("aaaaaXbbbb", "X") just worked for me with double quotes and not single ones around the X.

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ddrillic
Ultra Champion

| eval RelativeTargetNameSplit = split("aaaaaXbbbb", "X") just worked for me with double quotes and not single ones around the X.

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ajlBXsplunk
New Member

You're right, When dealing with slashes, use quotes (").

| eval RelativeTargetNameSplit = split(RelativeTargetName, "\\")
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ddrillic
Ultra Champion

| eval RelativeTargetNameSplit = split("folder1\folder2\file.txt", "\") worked as well.

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ajlBXsplunk
New Member

| eval RelativeTargetNameSplit = split("folder1\folder2\file.txt", "\") does work for me but not with the input is from a field (as opposed to an explicit string)

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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Your example data has backslashes, your attempts have forward slashes.

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ajlBXsplunk
New Member

Oops, updated to include the right slashed. Thanks for pointing that out.

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