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rex on rex101 works fine...Splunk returns a blank

he204035
Explorer

I have a rex built that when plugged into rex101 works fine, but when applied via a Splunk query, returns a blank result.

Text:

2022/02/01 23:07:26.979 [ERROR] [nrfClient.Discovery.nrf] Message send failed, response [Type:ABC Http2_Status:404 CauseCode:"CONTEXT_NOT_FOUND" RetryExhausted:true MsgType:1434 ServiceName:nabc SelectedProfileName:"abc-profile" FailureProfile:"FHABC" GroupID:"ABC-*" ]

 

rex:

Http2_Status:\d{3}\sCauseCode:\"(?<Error2>\w+)\"\s

 

rex101 result:

CONTEXT_NOT_FOUND

 

But when plugged into Splunk, it comes back with a blank result.  

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he204035
Explorer

When I paste into Notepad, it just prints as one long line, nothing weird showing up.  Maybe I need to try to do a split instead.  It's just that the "Http2_status" doesn't always show up in the same place in the log outputs.

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he204035
Explorer

Error2 just shows up blank.  

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Something in your _raw field does not match the regex - can you paste the _raw field into a code block </> or something like notepad to ensure there are no gotchas e.g. null bytes, tabs in stead of spaces, extra spaces, etc.

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he204035
Explorer

Using Splunk Enterprise 8.1.5

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he204035
Explorer

Splunk Enterprise version 8.1.5

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he204035
Explorer

Splunk Enterprise

Version:8.1.5

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

The rex works in splunk also

ITWhisperer_0-1643757518589.png

Which version of splunk are you using?

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