How to filter CloudWatch Logs Insights by a given string
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- Tomasz Łakomy
- @tlakomy
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The best way to filter CloudWatch Logs Insights by a given string is to use the filter command combined with a regular expression, like this:
fields @timestamp, @message
| filter @message like /your filter goes here/
| sort @timestamp desc
| limit 20
Make sure to always add a limit clause to your query, otherwise you might end up with a huge amount of data. Not only you most likely don't need to see 100k entries, you may also incur additional costs - consult the Amazon CloudWatch pricing page for more details.
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