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How to edit my regex to extract all user field values from my sample logs?

krasay
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Here is the regex that I have:

^\(\d+\)\s+\d+/\d+/\d+\s+\d+:\d+:\d+\s+\w+\s+\-\s+\(\w+\s+\w+\s+\w+\)\s+\(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+\)>\s+\w+\s+\w+\s+\w+\s+\d+,\s+\w+\s+\w+\s+\w+\.\.\.\s+\(\d+\)\s+\d+/\d+/\d+\s+\d+:\d+:\d+\s+\w+\s+\-\s+\(\w+\s+\w+\s+\w+\)\s+\(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+\)>\s+\w+\s+(?P\w+)

I am trying to pick up the user name from this detail

(000019) 6/3/2016 16:01:02 PM - (not logged in) (xx.xxx.xxx.xxx)> Connected on port 7001, sending welcome message... 
(000019) 6/3/2016 16:01:27 PM - (not logged in) (xx.xxx.xxx.xxx)> USER CED\-nastot-coastallogic

and I have users like this in the same log

(000020) 6/3/2016 16:01:02 PM - (not logged in) (xx.xxx.xxx.xxx)> Connected on port 7001, sending welcome message... 
(000019) 6/3/2016 16:01:27 PM - (not logged in) (xx.xxx.xxx.xxx)> USER aa123

My regex will pick up the second user, but will not pick up the first. I only get CED. Can someone show me what needs to be added or removed to pickup both users? I don't mind if the user includes the CED\ with the full name.

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sundareshr
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Try this

... | rex "USER\s(?<user>.*)" | ...

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sundareshr
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Try this

... | rex "USER\s(?<user>.*)" | ...
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krasay
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That works great, thank you!

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