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klychnikov
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I have a xml file which I want to convert to a csv, but do not work regular expressions.

> inputs.conf
> [monitor:\\SPLUNK0\C$\test\1]
> index = kasper
> _whitelist = .*\.xml
> 
> props.conf  [source::...kasper*.xml]
> TRUNCATE =  0 
> SEDCMD-1 = s/(?m)(^.*?</Worksheet>)//g ###clean the garbage
> SEDCMD-2 = s/(?m)(<W\w*\s\w*\SN\w*[="]+M\w*.*>$)//g ####clean the garbage
> SEDCMD-3 = s/(?m)(</R\w*>)/\n/g ###transfer the event to a new line
> SEDCMD-4 = s/(?m)(</D\w*>)/;/g ### set separators
> SEDCMD-5 = s/(?m)(<[^>]*>)//g ### delete tags
> sourcetype = csv_kasper  
> transforms.conf
> [csv_kasper]
> DELIMS=";"
> FIELDS="Status","V-host","Group","Computer","LastData","description","IP","Alive","Domain","NetBIOS","DomainName","DNS"

splunkd.log
12-06-2012 18:55:47.043 +0300 ERROR regexExtractionProcessor - Error while parsing sed name="SEDCMD-1", string="s/(?m)(^.*?</Worksheet>)//g", errMsg="Failed to initialize sed. Invalid option string: /g"
12-06-2012 18:55:47.043 +0300 ERROR regexExtractionProcessor - Error while parsing sed name="SEDCMD-3", string="s/(?m)(</R\w*>)/\n/g", errMsg="Failed to initialize sed. Invalid option string: \n/g"
12-06-2012 18:55:47.043 +0300 ERROR regexExtractionProcessor - Error while parsing sed name="SEDCMD-4", string="s/(?m)(</D\w*>)/;/g", errMsg="Failed to initialize sed. Invalid option string: ;/g
Tags (1)
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klychnikov
Explorer
Статус;Виртуальный Сервер;Группа;Клиентский компьютер;Последнее соединение с Сервером администрирования;Причина добавления в отчет;IP-адрес;Видим в сети;Домен;NetBIOS-имя;Доменное имя;DNS-домен;
Критический;;0_test;BD00;7 ноября 2012 г. 15:17:23;Не установлен Антивирус Касперского. ;10.54.44.68;7 ноября 2012 г. 15:17:23;dom;BD00;bd00;dom;
Критический;;0_test;BD00;16 ноября 2012 г. 12:01:16;Давно не выполнялся поиск вирусов. ;10.54.45.26;16 ноября 2012 г. 12:01:16;dom;BD00;bd00;dom;
Критический;;0_test;BEOVA;16 ноября 2012 г. 11:58:35;Давно не выполнялся поиск вирусов. ;10.54.44.70;16 ноября 2012 г. 12:06:28;dom;BEZULOVA;beova;dom;
Критический;;0_test;BRCH11;16 ноября 2012 г. 11:55:25;Давно не выполнялся поиск вирусов. ;10.54.42.71;16 ноября 2012 г. 11:55:25;dom;BRONICH11;brich11;dom;
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alacercogitatus
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Looking at the splunkd logs, you have to escape slashes in your SED regex. Try these:

SEDCMD-1 = s/(?m)(^.*?<\/Worksheet>)//g ###clean the garbage
SEDCMD-3 = s/(?m)(<\/R\w*>)/\n/g ###transfer the event to a new line
SEDCMD-4 = s/(?m)(<\/D\w*>)/;/g ### set separators

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klychnikov
Explorer

Thank you regex works.

Now is not working transforms.
Get 1 event without breaking

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