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How to Extract value from Source Field

saroj005
Engager

Hi,

I want to Extarct Filed from Source file and Below are some
Sorce file.

/opt/si/logs/taopwssid1/admin/paas-cli.log.07-11-17
/opt/si/logs/umsawssis1/admin/tcmgr.log
/opt/si/logs/saidwssid2/admin/paas-cli.log.07-11-16

I want to extract below value
taopwssid1
umsawssis1
saidwssid2

How Can i Do this through REX.

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skoelpin
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Try this.. It will create a new field called host_name with the extracted fields your looking for

| rex field=source \/opt\/\w+\/\w+\/(?<host_name>\w+)

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somesoni2
Revered Legend

Try like this

your base search 
| rex field=source "^(\/[^\/]+){3}\/(?<YourFieldName>[^\/]+)"
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skoelpin
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Try this.. It will create a new field called host_name with the extracted fields your looking for

| rex field=source \/opt\/\w+\/\w+\/(?<host_name>\w+)

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