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RegEx Square Brackets not supported?

svercelli
Path Finder

Using rex and it seems as if Splunk sees the open square bracket as the beginning of a subsearch. Have I written this wrong or is there a workaround

| rex \w+\.\w+\.\w+[a-z]\_(?<Facility>[[:alnum:]]+)
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alemarzu
Motivator

Hi there,

Missing quotes perhaps, | rex "\w+\.\w+\.\w+[a-z]\_(?<Facility>[[:alnum:]]+)"

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alemarzu
Motivator

Hi there,

Missing quotes perhaps, | rex "\w+\.\w+\.\w+[a-z]\_(?<Facility>[[:alnum:]]+)"

svercelli
Path Finder

Yep, worked, I feel a bit silly.

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alemarzu
Motivator

Glad it worked. It happens all the time!!

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