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How do I use rex command here?

harshal94
Engager

sample event:

fullFormattedMessage: Device naa.60000970000297500017533030313231 performance has improved. I/O latency reduced from 3746 microseconds to 1859 microseconds.

Required field is in bold.

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poete
Builder

Hi,

try this

|  makeresults |  eval str="Device naa.60000970000297500017533030313231 performance has improved. I/O latency reduced from 3746 microseconds to 1859 microseconds"
|  rex field=str "microseconds to (?<value>\d+) microseconds"

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poete
Builder

Hi,

try this

|  makeresults |  eval str="Device naa.60000970000297500017533030313231 performance has improved. I/O latency reduced from 3746 microseconds to 1859 microseconds"
|  rex field=str "microseconds to (?<value>\d+) microseconds"

renjith_nair
Legend

Hi @harshal94 ,

If the format of the string going to be same, then you can use split also (much easier)

|stats count|eval xyz="fullFormattedMessage: Device naa.60000970000297500017533030313231 performance has improved. I/O latency reduced from 3746 microseconds to 1859 microseconds."|eval splitted=split(xyz," ")|eval micsecs=mvindex(splitted,mvcount(splitted)-2)
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