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Nadhiya_Dubai
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/data/scripts/esx/outfile/dc1-ch1-esxi05.dca.com-vmnic0.txt

I need to extract the dc1-ch1-esxi05.dca.com-vmnic0 from the above string . How can i write regex for this .

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gf13579
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(?<server_and_interface>[^\/]+)\.txt$

Here it is in action:

| makeresults | eval source="/data/scripts/esx/outfile/dc1-ch1-esxi05.dca.com-vmnic0.txt" | rex field=source "(?<server_and_interface>[^\/]+)\.txt$"

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vnravikumar
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Hi

Give a try

| makeresults 
| eval path="/data/scripts/esx/outfile/dc1-ch1-esxi05.dca.com-vmnic0.txt" 
| rex field=path "(?P<temp>.*(?=\.))" 
| rex field=temp "(?P<output>[^\/]+$)"
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gf13579
Communicator
(?<server_and_interface>[^\/]+)\.txt$

Here it is in action:

| makeresults | eval source="/data/scripts/esx/outfile/dc1-ch1-esxi05.dca.com-vmnic0.txt" | rex field=source "(?<server_and_interface>[^\/]+)\.txt$"

Nadhiya_Dubai
Explorer

It worked . Thanks

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