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How to replace random substring in path?

SplunkNewbie100
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Hi all,

 

I  want to replace random substrings in path:

C:\Users\sjfklsj\Appdata\.... -> C:\Users\---\Appdata\....

C:\Users\aegdfedg\Appdata\.... -> C:\Users\---\Appdata\....

etc..

So I want to remove the random username from the path.
Thank you!

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
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| rex mode=sed "s/(?<x>Users\\\)(?<random>[^\\\]+)/\\1---/g"
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yuanliu
SplunkTrust
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A slightly more semantic approach could be

| eval path = split(path, "\\")
| eval path = mvjoin(mvappend(mvindex(path, 0, 1), "---", mvindex(path, 3, -1)), "\\")
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