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How to use a wildcard in an eval function?

kiran331
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Hi

From the search, I get the field file_path. I have to differentiate the events based on the file path.
file_path= file:_C:\users........ and file=file:_D:\......., how to write eval function to differentiate this?

Search I'm using :

index=abc|eval title=if(file LIKE "C:\", "Normal", "USB or External Media")
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sundareshr
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Try using match()

index=abc | eval title=if(match(x, "C:\\\\"), "Normal", "USB")

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somesoni2
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With you can use either LIKE function or match function to do regular exp based matching (and wild carding).

index=abc|eval title=if(like(file_path"C:\%"), "Normal", "USB or External Media")

index=abc|eval title=if(match(file_path,"^C:"), "Normal", "USB or External Media")
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sundareshr
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Try using match()

index=abc | eval title=if(match(x, "C:\\\\"), "Normal", "USB")
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