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Double spaces are suppressed in search results

andygerberkp
Explorer
|makeresults| eval owner_realname="Andrew  Gerber" | where match (owner_realname,"\s{2}")

Search above generates output, but in the output the double space in the "owner_realname" is missing in the browser display (it is present if you download it via CSV).

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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Your browser is choosing not to display the second space - it's there if you inspect the HTML.

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chrisyounger
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Agree with Martin. In addition, in Splunk 7.2 I can actually see two spaces when I run your query: alt text

martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Your browser is choosing not to display the second space - it's there if you inspect the HTML.

andygerberkp
Explorer

Exactly right Martin, thank you.

<td data-cell-index="1" class="string" tabindex="> Andrew  Gerber                       </td>
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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

You should click Accept to close this question.

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andygerberkp
Explorer

Yessir! Done and done!

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