Why is the regex creating empty events from incoming data?

[derekho55]

I have a log text file that captures logs in this format:

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Timestamp: 5/9/2019 1:16:02 AM

Message:  Blah Blah

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Timestamp: 5/9/2019 1:20:05 AM

Message: Bla Bla

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I'm struggling with creating a regex expression that will not treat it as a new (empty) event.

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Please help. Thanks!

[evania]

Hi @derekho55 ,

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Thanks for posting!

[aromanauskas · Accepted solution]

This method will break the event and remove the top and bottom dashed lines from the event.

LINE_BREAKER = (\s+-+[\n\r\s]+-+)|(\s+-+[\n\r\s]+)