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rex regex to extract first folder name from the path

sim_tcr
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Hello,

My source filed has value such as,

*/icsws/log/INSTANCE1/was/base/icsws_ca_server/SystemOut.log*
/icsws*/log/INSTANCE1/ihs/access_log
/wcics
/log/INSTANCE1/ihs/access_log
...
...
*

I would like to extract the first folder names (icsws*, wcics) from above to field named VAH.
can someone help me complete *
| rex field=source ".."**

Thanks,
Simon Mandy

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javiergn
Super Champion

Try this:

| rex field=source "^/(?<first_folder>[^/]+)"

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javiergn
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Try this:

| rex field=source "^/(?<first_folder>[^/]+)"
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