Ruby or groak for string menuplation

[elasticforme (Sachin)]

I have a two different type of string

example1_string = /a/b/c/./d/e ( if found . then I just want to remove only './' )
example2_sting = /a/b/c/../d/e ( if found .. anywhere in string then I want to just remove ' c/../' )

and if no . or no .. then leave it as is.

How do I achieve this?

and this string might be more or less in length, not exactly upto e.

[Badger]

Use mutate+gsub

 mutate { gsub => [ "message", "/\./", "/", "message", "/[^.]/\.\./", "/" ] }

[elasticforme (Sachin)]

@Badger

mutate { gsub => [ "message", "/./", "/", "message", "/[^.]/../", "/" ] }

Thank you for fast reply Badger

. was removed. but .. didn't

here is example again
/a/b/change/../d/e -> /ab/d/e (this is result I am looking for)

[Badger]

@elasticforme

"/[^.]/../"

If you need to match more than a single character then try

"/[^./]+/../"

[elasticforme (Sachin)]

@Badger you are star. done. working