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how to read comment line

pragycho
Loves-to-Learn

Hi ,

I have data where  i  want to read comment line and store value in field.

for example  , I have log where first  4 line field is in commented for Version, Date, System, Software

#Version: 1.0
#Date: 2020-04-18 11:10:15
#System: 10.244.32.81 - SCWSA-7HBA-0001.nbnco.local
#Software: ABC for Web 11.8.0-414

My query  : i have 4 field in datamodel for ver , date, system, software .now i want to store commented data in this field. so how to write the regex expression for this so-that i can see value in datamodel for this commented line

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pragycho
Loves-to-Learn

thanks for replying

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alonsocaio
Contributor

Hi @pragycho , this could be used as a generic regex for extracting these fields:

\#\w+\:\s(.+)$

If you need a regex for each field, you can try something like this:

\#Version\:\s(?<version>.+)$
\#Date\:\s(?<date>.+)$
\#System\:\s(?<system>.+)$
\#Software\:\s(?<software>.+)$

 

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