5.8

Parser Directive
Type
Parser Directive Mandatory
Description
STANDALONEPAT Advanced directive. In most
cases, use the INITYPE directive
instead.
Sh Parser
The Sh parser extracts data such
as environment variables,
exported variables, and umask
settings from Linux and
UNIXshell scripts.
EXPR Specifies the list of regular
expressions used to extract
specific strings from a shell
script. Each regular expression
is separated by the / character.
Lines that match any of the
regular expressions are
returned in their entirety.
EXPRNAME Specifies a list of values,
delimited by the / character,
and used as the names for the
strings extracted by the EXPR
directive. The number of names
should be the same as the
number of regular expressions
used in EXPR. Values do not
have to be unique.
Tabular Parser
Tabular data usually consists of
a grid of data. The separator
between fields can be any
regular expression.
COLLECTLAST Yes Controls how data beyond the
last field in a tabular file is
handled. When set to 0
(default), the last column is
treated like other columns.
When set to 1, the last column
collects all data to the end of the
line, which is useful when the
last column of the file contains
the delimiter used to separate
the columns.
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