add a note about handling backslashes (#11527)
Ilya Mashchenko committed
Sep 17, 2021 at 17:42 UTC
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@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ Netdata parses the following lines. Beneath the table is an in-depth explanation
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- A few lines use space-separated lists to define how the entity behaves. You can use `*` as a wildcard or prefix with
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`!` for a negative match. Order is important, too! See our [simple patterns docs](../libnetdata/simple_pattern/) for
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more examples.
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+- Lines terminated by a `\` are spliced together with the next line. The backslash is removed and the following line is
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+ joined with the current one. No space is inserted, so you may split a line anywhere, even in the middle of a word.
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+ This comes in handy if your `info` line consists of several sentences.
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| line | required | functionality |
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| --------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |