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bcanfield83
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Hello,

I'm attempting to use the regex command to filter out any records on the "user" field that do not match the written expression below:

index=myindex sourcetype=traceability_log4net earliest=-10d 
| regex _raw="user=[a-z]{3,6}[a-z1-9]{1,2}" 
| table user

Per the expression, there should not be any "user" records that exceed 8 characters. However, the non-matching values are not being filtered out.

"sstevenson6111", for example,  should theoretically be listed as "sstevens" per the expression.

regex_user-table.PNG

 I'm sure there's something blindingly obvious that I'm missing! 😳

 

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Your regex is matching against the _raw field. It it looking for a string in the _raw field which could be anywhere in the _raw field matching the expression user=[a-z]{3,6}[a-z1-9]{1,2} , for example:

notuser=abc1@nowhere

user=sstevenson6111

All your examples match this expression

richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

The regex command passes what matches the specified expression.  To filter them out, use !=.

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