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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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