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Remove extension from filepath in field value dynamically.

paragvidhi
Engager

I have a field in my Splunk search name filepath which contains the base path of file like below
repository/2650/document/960891_1.pdf
repository/357/document/96_1.wordx

I need to extract below string from my already existing field.
filepath value : repository/2650/document/960891_1.pdf
extract value : repository/2650/document/960891_1

filepath value : repository/357/document/96_1.wordx
extract value : repository/357/document/96_1

in short, I need to remove file extension from field value dynamically

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renjith_nair
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@paragvidhi ,

Try

| rex field=filepath "(?<Base>.+)\.[^.]+$"

where filepath is your current field

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renjith_nair
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@paragvidhi ,

Try

| rex field=filepath "(?<Base>.+)\.[^.]+$"

where filepath is your current field

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What goes around comes around. If it helps, hit it with Karma 🙂

paragvidhi
Engager

@renjith.nair ,
Thanks for your help it's working for me
thanks a lot

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