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Version: v4.23

parse

Applies a parser to the string stored in a given field.

Synopsis​

parse <input> <parser> [<args...>]

Description​

The parse operator parses a given <input> field using <parser> and replaces this field with the result.

<input>​

Specifies the field of interest. The field must be of type string.

<parser> [<args...>]​

Specifies the parser format and the corresponding arguments specific to each parser. <parser> can be one of the parsers in formats.

Examples​

Parse CEF from the Syslog messages stored in test.log, returning only the result from CEF parser.

from test.log read syslog | parse content cef | yield content