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extract field using rex

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Hello All
I have used below rex to get 585315 into field Username

(?<=User\.\.\.\.\.\.\............).*?(?=\s) 

to get the data from below text...But the field is not getting created

|User and Transaction                                                                              |
|    Client................. 800                                                                   |
|    User.................. 585315                                                                 |
|    Language key.......... E                                                                      |
|    Transaction.........                                                                          |
|    Transaction ID...... 6A9AD4E6F80FF182A1BB00155DAA4A02                                         |
|                                                                                                  |
|    EPP whole context ID...... 00155DAA4A021ED5BB8595808D9584B9                                   |
|    EPP connection ID........ 00000000000000000000000000000000                                    |
|    EPP call counter......... 0                                                                   |
|                                         

Please help

Thank you
Amarander Busireddy

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richgalloway
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This works in regex101.com

User\.+\s(?<user>\d+)
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richgalloway
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This works in regex101.com

User\.+\s(?<user>\d+)
---
If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.
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cmerriman
Super Champion

try this:

User.................. (?<Username>\d+)
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