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hostname regex path help

tiernan
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I have files in a directory like this:
/home/user/files/servername_01020304050607.log
How can I get the servername only?

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dwaddle
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

This is a good job for host_regex, which is an option in inputs.conf. A host_regex similar to this should work for newly indexed data. (It won't fix previously indexed data is my point)

[monitor:///home/user/files]
host_regex=^/home/user/files/([^_]+)_\d+\.log$

sbrant_tt
Explorer

This should do it:

^/\w+/\w+/\w+/(?<server>\w+)_
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