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weird ip address with leading zeros

tuneit
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Hi all,

I have a log file which has weird ip addresses as followings. There are leading zeros.

2014.06.10 13:14:56 src=011.009.120.010  dst=210.097.011.009 action=...
2014.06.10 13:14:57 src=010.123.090.003  dst=211.094.000.007 action=...
...

What would be the best way to eliminate the leading zeros?

Thank you.

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Ayn
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Do you want to eliminate them in the actual indexed data or are you fine with removing the leading zeroes when you extract this to a field?

In the former case, you could use SEDCMD in props.conf:.

[yoursourcetype]
SEDCMD = s/(src=|dst=)0*([^.]+\.)0*([^.]+\.)0*([^.]+\.)0*(\d+)/\1\2\3\4\5/g

In the latter, using rex inline in your search will do what you want:

... | rex field=youripfield mode=sed "s/\.0+/./g"

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Ayn
Legend

Do you want to eliminate them in the actual indexed data or are you fine with removing the leading zeroes when you extract this to a field?

In the former case, you could use SEDCMD in props.conf:.

[yoursourcetype]
SEDCMD = s/(src=|dst=)0*([^.]+\.)0*([^.]+\.)0*([^.]+\.)0*(\d+)/\1\2\3\4\5/g

In the latter, using rex inline in your search will do what you want:

... | rex field=youripfield mode=sed "s/\.0+/./g"

tuneit
New Member

Thank you Ayn.

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