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Using regex to drop specific events

rdevine
Path Finder

i have an event that looks like this

03/01/2012 03:05:43 PM
LogName=Security
SourceName=Security
EventCode=562
EventType=8
Type=Success Audit
ComputerName=GLSSQLINT
User=SYSTEM
Sid=S-1-5-18
SidType=1
Category=3
CategoryString=Object Access
RecordNumber=250015
Message=Handle Closed:

Object Server:  Security

Handle ID:  940

Process ID: 1288

Image File Name:    C:\Program Files\ISS\Proventia Server\phService.exe

I want these messages to be dropped if both type=success audit AND CategoryString=Object Access, however when i create the regex to do this which i think is supposed to be
(?m)(?=.*Type=Success Audit)(?=.*CategoryString=Object Access)
it doesn't seem to work. What am I doing wrong?

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rdevine
Path Finder

ultimately this worked.

(?ms)(?=Success\sAudit)(?=.*CategoryString=Object\sAccess)

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lguinn2
Legend

Good catch. You definitely needed the (?ms) not just the (?m)

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lguinn2
Legend

I think that the following would do it. Not sure why you are using lookahead - it isn't needed here.

(?m)Type=Success Audit.*CategoryString=Object Access

rdevine
Path Finder

I tried this and it did not work.

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