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How do I edit my rex field=UEI mode=sed syntax to 'district' my sample URIs?

karthi2809
Builder

As of now I am using:

rex field=URI mode=sed "s/=[^?]+/=xxx/g"

But its not working

/v1/mb/members/15d628b4-0d113-09b8ec770efd/option

/v1/mb/members/216570ce-c199-4ab9--c0cf3ddd404e/option

/v1/mb/members/36fbe9a8-882d-4a94-882561f81074/option

/v1/mb/members/4d573446-1d4f-483a-c5d64c33/option

/v1/mb/members/5cc2fa84-4b91-45bf-9c1/option

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DalJeanis
Legend

Your current rex is telling the system to replace an =, followed by any number of things that are not ?, with xxx.

If you explain what you want it to do, then we can help you.

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gokadroid
Motivator

can you please post sample log entries and what do u want to extract/replace from those log entries.

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sbbadri
Motivator

rex field=URI mode=sed "s/[^?]+/xxx/g"

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