logmon: Can I mach an entire phrase in a log file?

[Alexander Kuehn]

Hi!
In a logmon use case, in a monitored file's line I want an alarm if and only if that line contains a certain phrase, like, say, "The dog barks". Does anyone have a good suggestion as to what the matching pattern would be? I am afraid I am ending up in a complicated regular expression. If it is at all possible...

Thanks in advance,
Alex

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[Gene Howard]

try
.*The\sdog\sbarks.*

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Gene Howard
Principal Support Engineer
Broadcom
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[Dan Gill]

You can match that with this: /.*The\sdog\sbarks.*/

Just note that that is case-sensitive and it becomes a bit more complex if you need it case-insensitive.

[GaryBarber]

If it needs to be case insensitive, add the /i modifier at the end of the regex. I.e. /.*the\sdog\sbarks.*/i

/i = ignore case