substring()

Purpose

substring(str, start, subStringLength)

Creates a substring from str. The substring begins at start and is at most subStringLength characters long.

Example

In the following example a substring from the message property is created, starting with the 10th character and being 5 characters long.

substring($msg, 10, 5)

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
  • Stack Exchange (View, Ask) - experimental support from rsyslog community

See also

Contributing to Rsyslog: