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How do I select 2 lines in logs using regex?

badrinath
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Hi,

I am working on logs so the logs can be of just one line or multiple lines and if it is of one line I wanted to take whole log where as if the log has multiple lines I wanted to consider only the first 2 lines.

please tell a possible solution using regex.

thanks in advance.

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ITWhisperer
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| rex "^(?<lines>[^\n]+(\n[^\n]+)?)"

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ITWhisperer
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| rex "^(?<lines>[^\n]+(\n[^\n]+)?)"
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