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Search for instances of 'test*' but not 'testn*'

here2infinity
Explorer

I would like to see instances with the source 'test*' - that is everything that starts with 'test' but eliminate 'testn' occurrences. I am fine with everything else so 'test1', 'test2' are okay but not 'testn1' and not 'testn2'.  Do I need regex or is there another way of doing this? 

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
| rex "(?m)(?<test>test[^n].*)$"

I have used $ to show where the string ends but you may have a more appropriate string to use from your events

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here2infinity
Explorer

What if 'test' is part of a field? 

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
| rex field=fieldname "(?m)(?<test>test[^n].*)$"
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