Getting Data In

Splunk Lastname firstname formating

arunsundarm
Engager

I am using this query to fetch current logged in user "|rest splunk_server=local /services/authentication/current-context | fields realname"
It displays real name as Lastname, Firstname
Now i want a nother field with value "Firstname Lastname" format

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Try rex.

... | eval name=realname | rex field=name mode=sed "s/([^,]+), (.*)/\2 \1/"
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If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.

Nextbeat
Path Finder

Thanks for reminding me that Sed can do this, but was originally curious about the eval way.

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to4kawa
Ultra Champion
... | eval name=mvindex(split(realname,","),1).",".mvindex(split(realname,","),0)
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