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rename

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rename

Synopsis

Renames a specified field (wildcards can be used to specify multiple fields).

Syntax

rename wc-field AS wc-field

Arguments

wc-field
Syntax: <string>
Description: The name of a field and the name to replace it. Can be wildcarded.

Description

Renames a field. If both the source and destination fields are wildcard expressions with he same number of wildcards, the renaming will carry over the wildcarded portions to the destination expression.

Examples

Example 1: Rename the "_ip" field as "IPAddress".

... | rename _ip as IPAddress

Example 2: Rename fields beginning with "foo".

... | rename foo* as bar*

Example 3: Rename the "count" field.

... | rename count as "Count of Events"

See also

fields

This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk: 4.0 , 4.0.1 , 4.0.2 , 4.0.3 , 4.0.4 , 4.0.5 , 4.0.6 , 4.0.7 , 4.0.8 , 4.0.9 , 4.0.10 , 4.0.11 View the Article History for its revisions.


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