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How to split multiple lines of data into a single individual line in splunk using \n?

Shan
Builder

As i mentioned below prod column has multiple values and i want to split it based on \n next line command and get the output as mentioned in output image.

Current data:

Shan_0-1629728821294.png

Expected output:

Shan_1-1629728934077.png

Thanks in advance ..

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Shan
Builder

@ITWhisperer 

Thanks for your input . As i mentioned Split not helped me.
I can able to achieve what i expected with below solution.

| makemv tokenizer="([^\r\n]+)(\r\n)?" Prod
| mvexpand Prod

🙂

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
| eval Prod=split(Prod,"
")
| mvexpand Prod

Shan
Builder

@ITWhisperer 

Thanks for your input. But its not working .

Shan_1-1629731597744.png

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

The split has the newline in quotes - hint: use <shift><return> to insert into search

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Shan
Builder

@ITWhisperer 

Sorry, I'm not able to follow you. Can you please give me an example query..

Thanks in advance ..

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
| eval Prod=split(Prod,"
")
| mvexpand Prod

If this is not working, can you share your search in the same way i.e. in a code block </>

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Shan
Builder

@ITWhisperer 

Thanks for your input . As i mentioned Split not helped me.
I can able to achieve what i expected with below solution.

| makemv tokenizer="([^\r\n]+)(\r\n)?" Prod
| mvexpand Prod

🙂

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