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How to convert part of a string that includes underscores to brackets in logstash with gsub

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I want to convert, for e.g. Hello_1_.Bye to Hello[1].Bye Note that [1], i.e., within brackets contain only digits

I started with something like this that didn’t work..

filter {
  mutate {
    gsub => ["String", "*_D_.*", "*[D].*"] //Note that String here could be Hello_1_.Bye, Hello_2_.Bye etc.
  }
 }

but getting this error

:exception=>#<RegexpError: target of repeat operator is not specified: /*_D_*/>

Appreciate your help

Answer

I suggest using this version:

filter {
  mutate {
    gsub => ["Hello_1_.Bye", "([^_]+)_(d+)_(.w+)", "1[2]3"]
  }
}

Here is a regex demo showing that the replacement is working.