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diff --git a/source/rainerscript/functions/rs-exec_template.rst b/source/rainerscript/functions/rs-exec_template.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..76b07cc --- /dev/null +++ b/source/rainerscript/functions/rs-exec_template.rst @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +*************** +exec_template() +*************** + +Purpose +======= + +exec_template(str) + +Sets a variable through the execution of a template. Basically this permits to easily +extract some part of a property and use it later as any other variable. + +**Read more about it here :** `<http://www.rsyslog.com/how-to-use-set-variable-and-exec_template>`_ + +Example +======= + +The following example shows the template being used to extract a part of the message. + +.. code-block:: none + + template(name="extract" type="string" string="%msg:F:5%") + set $!xyz = exec_template("extract"); + + |