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How to split/extract substring before the first - from the right side of the string

keshavgupta
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How to split/extract substring before the first - from the right side of the field on splunk search

For ex: My field hostname contains

Hostname = abc-xyz
Hostname = abc-01-def
Hostname = pqr-01

I want to see like below .

abc
abc-01
pqr

Please help me.

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
| rex "(?<host>[^\-]+)\-"
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