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field extraction

ChhayaV
Communicator

hi,

I have a log files which are having columns that are not fixed.
if first log entry has col1,col2,col3 then next entry can have col4,col5 only can i analyze and extract fields from such columns

Thanks and Regards

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kml_uvce
Builder

If you have diffrent searches for diffrent column combination then just extract fields from Splunk UI.

kamal singh bisht
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linu1988
Champion

Please provide us with sample logs. Try extracting the logs from Splunk UI, remove the matches which you don't want.

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