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eval or rex help

keyu921
Explorer

Message="Internal event: Function ldap_search entered.
SID: S-1-5-18
Source IP: 127.0.0.1:25855
Operation identifier: 680571
Data1:
Data2: 2796807187
Data3:
Data4:"

How can I just left message "Message="Internal event: Function ldap_search entered."

by rex to define as fields or use eval command?

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @keyu921,
probably the message field sould be already automatically extracted by Splunk because there's the pair key=value, if you cannot see it, use the Verbose Mode in search.

If not you can use a regex like this in the rex command or in a guided extraction:

(?ms)Message\=\"(?<Message>.+)\s+SID

that you can test at https://regex101.com/r/5X9OXT/1

Ciao.
Giuseppe

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @keyu921,
probably the message field sould be already automatically extracted by Splunk because there's the pair key=value, if you cannot see it, use the Verbose Mode in search.

If not you can use a regex like this in the rex command or in a guided extraction:

(?ms)Message\=\"(?<Message>.+)\s+SID

that you can test at https://regex101.com/r/5X9OXT/1

Ciao.
Giuseppe

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keyu921
Explorer

|rex Message=(?ms)Message=\"(?.+)\s+SID
But seems failed

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @keyu921,
Try:

| rex "(?ms)Message\=\"(?<Message>.+)\s+SID"

P.S.: when you insert a code (like the regex) in a Question or in a Comment, use always the Code sample button (the one with 101010) otherwise your comment isn't readable.

Ciao.
Giuseppe

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keyu921
Explorer

same result

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keyu921
Explorer

it is ok now

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