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indeed_2000
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Hi

How can I extract first occured this "User ABC123 invalid"  with rex?

Here is the log:

2021-10-03 13:26:44,441 ERROR [APP] User ABC123 invalid: javax.security.auth.login.LoginException: User ABC123 invalid

 

Thanks,

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| rex "\]\s(?<error>[^:]+):"

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gcusello
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Hi @indeed_2000,

if your want to extract the message after "LoginException", you could use the following regex:

| rex "LoginException:\s+(?<message>.*)"

that you can test at https://regex101.com/r/Gz7glo/1

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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Doesn't this give the second occurrence not the first?

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| rex "\]\s(?<error>[^:]+):"
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