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for example : C:\user\process --> C:\\user\\process

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Solution

In Eval, We can use string format function (replace) to replace "\" by two "\\".

Here, We need to escape "\" two times,

One of the way to replace it,

props.conf

EVAL-new_path = replace(path ,"(\\\\)","\\\\\1")

in Search Query:

| eval new_path = replace(path ,"(\\\\)","\\\\\1")

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Solution

In Eval, We can use string format function (replace) to replace "\" by two "\\".

Here, We need to escape "\" two times,

One of the way to replace it,

props.conf

EVAL-new_path = replace(path ,"(\\\\)","\\\\\1")

in Search Query:

| eval new_path = replace(path ,"(\\\\)","\\\\\1")

why 4 backslashes?

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