LogStash Config File - Grok Regex

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Hello Community,

I'm very new to LogStash and I have a question. I am trying to use grok to get a substring from my message and put it in a new field. I've used grokdebugger in kibana and it seems to highlight the right text.
This is my grok pattern: (?<CR Number>(?<=CR num:)".{0,20}?")

What is the right way to put this grok pattern in config file? I am expecting it to create a new CR Number field. Right now I am doing this, but it does not work:

if [type] == "esign" 
  {
    grok {
    
      match => { "message" => "(?<CR Number>(?<=CR num:)".{0,20}?")" }
    }

Am I putting the grok regex pattern in config file the right way?
Thanks in advance!

Karanbir Mann

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I would expect logstash to log an error for that. If you have double quotes in your pattern then use single quotes around it

'(?<CR Number>(?<=CR num:)".{0,20}?")'
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Hi @Badger,

Amazing suggestion. I actually just solved my issue by escaping my double quotes using backslash and it solved the issue.

Thanks
Karanbir

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