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How to extract subword from a string?

aa0
Path Finder

Hi all,

I want to extract the following word with rex expression:

ABC\qq1234 

expected result: qq1234

Please note that the substring needed will always after ABC\. Any help will be appreciated!

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ITWhisperer
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SplunkTrust

Try something like this

| rex "ABC\\(?<subword>\w+)"

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ITWhisperer
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SplunkTrust

Try something like this

| rex "ABC\\(?<subword>\w+)"
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aa0
Path Finder

Thanks a lot! It working well with 3 backslashes used instead in order to escape a backslash character.

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