Grammar rules

[misi01]

I'm trying to define grammar rules for a log file. I've attached an example of how the file could look below.

Basically, I want to be able to mark all lines in the files that either start with

ROUTER SEND

or

Elapsed Time

as being unimportant and to be ignored.

I defined my first attempt as a regular expression

XDB Trace=Text matching ^ROUTER SEND

.

I also selected Session, session settings and the importance tab and UNmarked the XDB Trace grammar element.

Based on what I read in the online help, I imagine this would tell BC that I want to mark ANY lines starting with ROUTER SEND as being unimportant, but that's not what I'm seeing. What am I doing wrong ???

[Aaron]

Hello,

For the Grammar type, did you pick Delimited FROM:
^ROUTER SEND
to
End of Line

Otherwise, the Basic grammar type would be for the specific defined text (ROUTER SEND) but not the following text.

[misi01]

Still not getting the expected results. Have attached a screen shot showing my settings.. Session, session settings does have the XDB Trace unmarked. What am I missing?

[Aaron]

Hello,

Here you have used $ as the End of Line but didn't enable Regular Expressions, so it is searching for the literal text "$". I'd suggest leaving the "To" text box blank, and instead use the checkbox below "Stop at End of Line", so:

From: ROUTER SEND
To: (blank)
Enable "Stop at end of line"

[misi01]

Thanks, now that I understand what to do, I've got it working as expected.