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How can I remove excess characters from my fields?

AKG1_old1
Builder

Hi,

In my log file one field called Script Name contains some unnecessary details, which I want to remove.

My requirement is to remove "qcst_" ".sh" and all others arguments like "-LS" "/hp267srv/apps/MXTEST" etc

Actual Data:

qcst_mxStEnvLoad.sh
qcst_ZipLastRun.sh Order_Simulation /hp267srv/apps/MXTEST /net/hp267srv/hp267srv/apps/MXTEST Order_Simulation
qcst_runningProcessesDetails.sh -LS

Expected:

mxStEnvLoad
ZipLastRun
runningProcessesDetails

Thanks
Ankit

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1 Solution

sbbadri
Motivator

try this

.... | rex field=_raw "qcst_(?P<field1>\S+).sh"

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alemarzu
Motivator

Hi there @agoyal

Assuming that you already have a field that contains those values (ie, command) you can create a new field from it with the new values, like this.

base search | rex field="command" "^\S+_(?<trimmed_command>[^\.]+)\.\S+"

Hope it helps.

sbbadri
Motivator

try this

.... | rex field=_raw "qcst_(?P<field1>\S+).sh"

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