I'd also like to add that you can specify the pattern
%replace{pattern}{regex}{substitution} in a PatternLayout as another way of
doing this.On 1 March 2014 16:41, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm sorry, I was slightly wrong. You can indeed do exactly what you're > looking for with PatternLayout. See < > http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/layouts.html#PatternLayout> > for docs. You'll want to use the RegexReplacement configuration. For an > example config, check out < > https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/blob/trunk/log4j-core/src/test/resources/log4j-replace.xml>. > It's pretty simple, no Java code required! > > > On 1 March 2014 12:48, Matt Sicker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The regex filter would filter which messages get logged to the configured >> logger based on regex pattern matching. What you'd want is a Layout >> (probably a PatternLayout) to specify what fields to log. If that doesn't >> solve the problem, a custom Layout class would probably solve the issue. >> >> >> On 28 February 2014 18:04, James Hart <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> I'm an admin for a java application that uses log4j. >>> >>> I'm working with a vendor to see if there's a way to scrub the output of >>> their log messages. The output of these messages is quite long (at least >>> a >>> few hundred characters) making the lines difficult to read when >>> troubleshooting. >>> >>> Is there a way to apply a standard log4j filter or layout that will >>> takes a >>> regex as input and generate a reduced line with only the bits of text we >>> care to see? >>> >>> I thought maybe this RegexFilter would do the trick, but I can't quite >>> tell >>> by the documentation: >>> >>> http://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/manual/filters.html >>> >>> Any and all help is much appreciated. >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Matt Sicker <[email protected]> >> > > > > -- > Matt Sicker <[email protected]> > -- Matt Sicker <[email protected]>
