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How to extract date separated by period

jkordis
New Member

Hi everyone,

I'm looking to take data such as 201908.1 from a field I've renamed in my search as "Operating System Version" and separate 2019, 08, and 1 from it.

I've looked on here for help in regex or using substr and haven't been able to make it work.

If anyone has any input it'd be appreciated!

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mayurr98
Super Champion

here you go !
try this run anywhere search

| makeresults | eval "Operating System Version"="201908.1" | table "Operating System Version" | rex field="Operating System Version" "(?<year>^\d{4})(?<month>\d{1,2})\.(?<day>\d{1,2})"

In your env, you should try

..| rex field="Operating System Version" "(?<year>^\d{4})(?<month>\d{1,2})\.(?<day>\d{1,2})"
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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

Like this:

... | rex field=<YourFieldNameHere> "^(?<year>\d{4})(?<month>\d{2})\.(?<day>\d+)$"
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