Syntax for regular expression in client-local.cfg 🔗 link

What is the syntax for using regular expressions in client-local.cfg?

Is it [host=regexp] or [host=%regexp]? Does it require quotes?

Thanks,

glauber

[host=.*v201vm191]
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[host=.*nas.*]
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[host=nsm.*vp185]
file:`ls /opt/smarts-ncm/ncmcore/java_pid*.hprof`
log:/opt/smarts-ncm/ncmcore/logs/catalina.out:10240

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Subject: [Xymon] Syntax for regular expression in client-local.cfg

What is the syntax for using regular expressions in client-local.cfg?

Is it [host=regexp] or [host=%regexp]? Does it require quotes?

Thanks,

glauber

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Here are a couple of working uses of regexp in client-local.cfg I have in
my setup:

[class=%^(oracledb)$]
log:`cat /hfc/xymon/client/etc/alert_log_list.txt`:10240
ignore (ORA-01013|Warning.*Heavy swapping observed on system in last 5
mins|ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG|Thread.*advanced to log sequence.*LGWR
switch|Archived Log entry.*added for.*|Current log.*seq.*mem.*|swapped
in.*pct of memory swapped out|Private strand flush not complete|Setting
Resource Manager plan |Starting background process)
trigger (ORA-|checkpoint not complete|ARC|cannot allocate new log|core
dump|Errors in file|Incident details in|WARNING|corrupt)

[host=%aix]
file:/hfc/tmp
log:/var/log/ntp/ntp.log:12345


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