startmsg.regex

Regex that marks the beginning of a new message for multiline processing.

This parameter applies to imfile: Text File Input Module.

Name:

startmsg.regex

Scope:

input

Type:

string (see Rsyslog Parameter String Constants)

Default:

none

Required?:

no

Introduced:

8.10.0

Description

Permits the processing of multi-line messages. When set, a message is terminated when the next one begins and startmsg.regex matches the line that identifies the start of a message. It is more flexible than readMode but has lower performance. startmsg.regex, endmsg.regex and readMode cannot all be defined for the same input.

Input usage

input(type="imfile" startmsg.regex="^start")

See also

See also imfile: Text File Input Module.

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