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Remove string from field using REX or Replace

smcdonald20
Path Finder

I have a field, where all values are pre-fixed with "OPTIONS-IT\".
I would like to remove this, but not sure on the best way to do it.

example
User
OPTIONS-IT\smcdonald
OPTIONS-IT\jbloggs

I would like to change to
User
smcdonald
jbloggs

I have tried eval User= replace (User, "OPTIONS-IT\", "") but this doesn't work.

The regular expressions I have used have not worked either.
Any help appreciated.

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dineshraj9
Builder

These methods support regular expression and "\" will be treated as escape character.
Do it this way -

<your search> | rex field=User "OPTIONS.IT.(?<User>\S+)"

OR

<your search> | eval User=replace (User, "OPTIONS\-IT.", "")

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

Like this (needs more escape characters):

... | rex field=User mode=sed "s/OPTIONS-IT\\\//g"
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ljalvrdz
New Member

This one works great! Thanks!

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi smcdonald20,
Try the following command

your_search | rex field=your_field "OPTIONS-IT\\(?<username>[^ ]*)"

Bye.
Giuseppe

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dineshraj9
Builder

These methods support regular expression and "\" will be treated as escape character.
Do it this way -

<your search> | rex field=User "OPTIONS.IT.(?<User>\S+)"

OR

<your search> | eval User=replace (User, "OPTIONS\-IT.", "")

daymauler
Explorer

Worked like charm!!! Thanks

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