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How to find Web url length

hartfoml
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I was told i could find command info in url buy finding the url's that are 2.5 times longer than the average length. I think i know how to do the sub search but i don't know how to find the url length. Can anyone help?

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alacercogitatus
SplunkTrust
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In your search just do: foo_search | eval url_length = len(url) | more_things.

If you wanted to find the avg over a time period you would do:

sourcetype=access_combined | eval url_length = len(url) | stats avg(url_length)

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alacercogitatus
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

In your search just do: foo_search | eval url_length = len(url) | more_things.

If you wanted to find the avg over a time period you would do:

sourcetype=access_combined | eval url_length = len(url) | stats avg(url_length)

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