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Using multiple REGEX in a single search

shrirangphadke
Path Finder

Hi,

I want to use multiple REGEX in OR condition in a single search. For Ex:

REGEX 1: "VDL2PortPropSet.* : Failure" OR 
REGEX 2: "Vpxa.*Copied"  OR 
REGEX 3: "opswitch.+ Failed to find netstack 'opswitch'"

How can I achieve this? Sorry if my question is repeated.
Please help.

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rkent
Explorer

You should be able to just put this in a single regex using the regex OR operator:

"VDL2PortPropSet.* : Failure|Vpxa.*Copied|opswitch.+ Failed to find netstack 'opswitch'"

I'll test this when I get to a system, but in the meantime give this a shot

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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

For these simple examples you might even be fine without regex at all to speed up the search:

index=foo sourcetype=bar ("VDL2PortPropSet* : Failure" OR "Vpxa*Copied"  OR "opswitch* Failed to find netstack 'opswitch'") | rest of the search pipeline
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shrirangphadke
Path Finder

Okey, that kind of search didn't work for me! Strange

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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Wildcard searches have been part of Splunk since forever.

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shrirangphadke
Path Finder

Hi martin_mueller,

Thanks for your answer. This kind of search did not work for me. Is it supported from Splunk version 6.2.1? I am using 6.1.8

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rkent
Explorer

You should be able to just put this in a single regex using the regex OR operator:

"VDL2PortPropSet.* : Failure|Vpxa.*Copied|opswitch.+ Failed to find netstack 'opswitch'"

I'll test this when I get to a system, but in the meantime give this a shot

shrirangphadke
Path Finder

It worked ! Thank you very much

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rkent
Explorer

You're absolutely welcome

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