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How to remove first 8 numbers of a field

adrianrepublic
Explorer

I have a set of devices that are identified by a very long 15 number.

 

The first 8 numbers are just a prefix which we would like to hide and only display last 7 numbers

 

867723030939341 is an example

 

index=index1 sourcetype=devices | stats count by device....

 

Is there a ay to rem

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
| rex field=device mode=sed "s/^\d{8}//g"

or

| eval device=substr(device,9)

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adrianrepublic
Explorer

Worked a treat!

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inventsekar
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @adrianrepublic 

| makeresults | eval device=867723030939341 
|rex field=device "\d{8}(?<deviceid>.*)"
| table device deviceid

 

rex-digits.jpg

thanks and best regards,
Sekar

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
| rex field=device mode=sed "s/^\d{8}//g"

or

| eval device=substr(device,9)
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