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How to extract substring from a string?

abhipatthi
Engager

I have a string in this form:

sub = 13433

cf-ipcountry = US

mail = a[email protected]

ct-remote-user = testaccount

elevatedsession = N

iss = www.google.com

user-agent = Apache-HttpClient/4.5.8 (Java/1.8.0_322)

I want to extracr iss fields value

I tried this but did not work

| rex max_match=0 field=_raw "\/sub \/user-agent \/(?<temp>.*)"

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Is this the exact string you have in your event? If so, try

| rex "iss = (?<iss>\S+)"

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Is this the exact string you have in your event? If so, try

| rex "iss = (?<iss>\S+)"
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