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Return string of numbers after equals sign

AlexMcDuffMille
Communicator

I'm trying to create a regex so that I can pull a string of numbers out of a log file.

I can limit my search so that only the specific log files appear, but when I do the interactive field extraction other files show up for some reason...

I have a log file that says "DataX Entry GB= 5123521 Data Entry GB=1265649"

I would like a field in Splunk that just has "1265649" in it for each log entry. Sometimes the number will be more or less digits. I tried making a regex that simply returned a string of numbers after "Data Entry GB=", but that didn't work.

Thanks!

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jhupka
Path Finder

Could you use the rex command to extract these? Here's an example that pulls out the two GB values in fields named DataXGB and DataGB:

<first part of your search> | rex "DataX Entry GB=(?<DataXGB>\d+) Data Entry GB=(?<DataGB>\d+)"

Note that the rex command is working over the _raw field by default...so you might need to adjust the regex a bit if your data doesn't appear exactly in _raw like in your question.

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AlexMcDuffMille
Communicator

Sorry, I forgot that part. I was using (?=Free Memory KB=)[0-9]+\b

I guess the lookahead method didn't work as the other reply did work for me.

Thanks for your help!

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jhupka
Path Finder

Could you use the rex command to extract these? Here's an example that pulls out the two GB values in fields named DataXGB and DataGB:

<first part of your search> | rex "DataX Entry GB=(?<DataXGB>\d+) Data Entry GB=(?<DataGB>\d+)"

Note that the rex command is working over the _raw field by default...so you might need to adjust the regex a bit if your data doesn't appear exactly in _raw like in your question.

sowings
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Can you post the regular expression you tried? Saying that it "didn't work" is rather open-ended. Note that the markup here will require you to double all of your \ (as in \d, etc).

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