exec_template()
Purpose
exec_template(str)
Sets a variable through the execution of a template. Basically this permits to easily extract some part of a property and use it later as any other variable.
Read more about it here : http://www.rsyslog.com/how-to-use-set-variable-and-exec_template
Example
The following example shows the template being used to extract a part of the message.
template(name="extract" type="string" string="%msg:F:5%")
set $!xyz = exec_template("extract");
See also
Help with configuring/using Rsyslog
:
Mailing list - best route for general questions
GitHub: rsyslog source project - detailed questions, reporting issues that are believed to be bugs with
Rsyslog
See also
Contributing to Rsyslog
:
Source project: rsyslog project README.
Documentation: rsyslog-doc project README
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