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extract selected data from given field

x05311
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I've error messages in the filed name "ErrorMessage"; i want to extract only error code using regex expression.
Pls some one help with correct regex.

filed1 field2 filed3 and so on ... ErrorMessage
ANK-BEQ-1014 Dispatcher detected an error4.
ANK-BEQ-1015 Dispatcher detected an error5.
ANK-BEQ-1016 Dispatcher detected an error6.
Logon Error.
System Error.

Expected results Error codes:
ANK-BEQ-1014
ANK-BEQ-1015
ANK-BEQ-1016

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lguinn2
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Try this

yoursearchhere
| rex field=original_field_name "(?<error_code>.*?)\s"

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lguinn2
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Try this

yoursearchhere
| rex field=original_field_name "(?<error_code>.*?)\s"
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