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Asked: 2026-05-30T20:54:57+00:00

Im trying to create a regex to pull out the CNAME for DNS quires

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Im trying to create a regex to pull out the CNAME for DNS quires in splunk. I can get the first DNS name (everything after “CNAME-record for ” and before ( “=” ), but i cant find an expression to get the next DNS name after the equals. 

Mar  1 09:16:43 123.dns.local Mar  1 09:16:43 dns-01-1 SDNS: -> Answer: CNAME-record for dl.wu.ms.edgesuite.net = a26.ms.akamai.net
Mar  1 09:16:43 123.dns.local Mar  1 09:16:43 dns-01-1 SDNS: -> Answer: CNAME-record for dom.dl.wu.akadns.net = dl.wu.ms.edgesuite.net
Mar  1 09:16:43 123.dns.local Mar  1 09:16:43 dns-01-1 SDNS: -> Answer: CNAME-record for main.dl.wu.akadns.net = dom.dl.wu.akadns.net
Mar  1 09:16:43 123.dns.local Mar  1 09:16:43 dns-01-1 SDNS: -> Answer: CNAME-record for download.windowsupdate.nsatc.net = main.dl.wu.akadns.net
Mar  1 09:16:43 123.dns.local Mar  1 09:16:43 dns-01-1 SDNS: -> Answer: CNAME-record for download.windowsupdate.com = download.windowsupdate.nsatc.net
Mar  1 09:16:43 123.dns.local Mar  1 09:16:43 dns-01-1 SDNS: -> Answer: CNAME-record for dl.wu.ms.edgesuite.net = a26.ms.akamai.net
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  1. Editorial Team

    Use the = in the data and the end-of-string anchor to add the needed structure:

    /CNAME-record\sfor\s(.*?)\s*=\s*(.*)$/
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