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Counting number of characters in a Splunk field

metersk
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Is it possible to count number of characters in a splunk field? I can only seem to find a way to count specific instances of a character.

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chanfoli
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Do you mean to calculate the length? If so, use the following:

your search... |  eval length=len(field)

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chanfoli
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Do you mean to calculate the length? If so, use the following:

your search... |  eval length=len(field)

somesoni2
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