#Grep cheat sheet full

Sumo Equivalent: _sourceName=*/log_file | parse regex '(start.REGEX Cheat Sheet GREP cheat sheet characters - what to seek ring matches ring, sp ringboard, ringtone, etc.grep Command Line: grep -o 'start.*end'.Returns only the part of the log event which matches my search term. Sumo Equivalent: _sourceName=*/log_* AND 'string' | count by _sourceName | fields _sourceName.Returns only the file names where the term 'string' was found. Sumo Equivalent: _sourceName=*/log_file AND !'string'.Returns only the log events where the term 'string' was not found. Sumo Equivalent: _sourceName=*/log_file AND 'string' | count.Sumo Equivalent: _sourceHost=server_name AND _sourceName=* AND 'string' | fields _sourceName, _rawĬount the number of lines which match the term 'string'.Notice the _sourceHost metadata tag is used to hone in on a single server. Returns all files and events within a specific server which include the term “string”. grep Command Line: grep -C 3 -i 'example'.

While there is no query language equivalent operation, you can search surrounding messages. Returns the log events 3 lines before and after the line which included the term 'example'. grep Command Line: grep -B 3 -i 'example'.Returns the log events 3 lines before the line which included the term 'example'. Sumo Equivalent: No equivalent operation.grep Command Line: grep -A 3 -i 'example'.Returns the log events 3 lines after the line which included the term 'example'. Sumo Equivalent: _sourceName=*/log_file AND ' string '.Sumo Equivalent: _sourceName=*/log_file | parse regex '(start.*end)' | fields - sampleįinds all words which match the term 'string' in a file named 'log_file'.Using regex, returns all events where a particular pattern is present on the log line. Sumo Equivalent: _sourceName=*/log_file AND 'literal_string' | parse regex '(?literal_string)' | fields - sample.grep Command Line: grep 'literal_string'.Returns all log lines containing the term 'literal_string' (case sensitive) in a file named log_file. Sumo Equivalent: _sourceName=*/log_* AND 'string'.

Returns all log lines containing the word 'string' (case insensitive) in a file that starts with 'log_' in its name.

Sumo Equivalent: _sourceName=*/log_file AND 'string'.

Returns all log lines containing the term 'string' (case insensitive) in a file named log_file.

Sumo Equivalent: _sourceName=*/log_file.

In Sumo, you must paginate through the results, but you can also search for ALL log files across your stack which share the same name. Returns the contents of a file named log_file for a specific timeframe. You should still follow the seven search rules to live by.

#Grep cheat sheet full

We recommend that search your data using the _sourceCategory metadata tag, but you’ll see that the examples below use the _sourceName metadata tag because _sourceName should reflect the full canonical path of the file, which is typically what you use when greping files. Remember that Sumo Logic queries are time-constrained.