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Why is must_break_after configuration not working?

mjones414
Contributor

I have a large (10's of thousands of lines) data stream that runs every 10 minutes and I want it to break after this line:

sharing = default_shared

I tried putting in:

MUST_BREAK_AFTER = (sharing = default_shared)

But this did not work.

I was hoping it would take the literal string, but it's not working.

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somesoni2
Revered Legend

Try something like this

[yoursourcetype]
SHOULD_LINEMERGE=false
LINE_BREAKER= ([\r\n]+)(?=sharing\s*=\s*default_shared)
... other configs....

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somesoni2
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Try something like this

[yoursourcetype]
SHOULD_LINEMERGE=false
LINE_BREAKER= ([\r\n]+)(?=sharing\s*=\s*default_shared)
... other configs....
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mjones414
Contributor

Worked like a champ!! Thanks so much!

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