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rex, Extract information between two slashes and blanks

fklink
New Member

Hi,

i have information like: "DESCRIPTION EMEA:GERMANY:FRANKFURT / client4711 / down"
where DESCRIPTION is a field, already. I would like to rex the information "client4711".
This should be done by rex all information which starts which "/" followed by one "blank" "client4711" one "blank" followed by "/".

Could you anwer my question, please?
Many thanks in advance.
floe.

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gokadroid
Motivator

Try this which will cover all clients, basically everything between blank and blank:

... | rex field=DESCRIPTION "\/\s(?<client>\S+)\s\/" | ...

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gokadroid
Motivator

Try this which will cover all clients, basically everything between blank and blank:

... | rex field=DESCRIPTION "\/\s(?<client>\S+)\s\/" | ...
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fklink
New Member

Many thanks. Looks better 🙂

i see some clients, now. Unfortunately, if a client includes one or more "-" splunk doesn't extract the information.

Example:
client4711- works 🙂
client8888 - works 🙂
client-4711 splunk doesn't extract the information
client-47-12-21 splunk doesn't extract the information

Is there a way to tell rex "extract everything between /blank /blank?

Many thanks in advance
floe.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Try this:

... | rex field=DESCRIPTION "\/\s(?<client>\w+)\s\/" | ...
---
If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.

richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Here's an update based on your comment.

... | rex field=DESCRIPTION "\/\s(?<client>[^\s]+)\s\/" | ...
---
If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.
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inventsekar
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

check this one..
your search | rex field=_raw "\/\s(?<ClientNumber>\w+\d+)\s\/" | table ClientNumber

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thanks and best regards,
Sekar

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