# Adding a "\\n" in front of a line

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-a-n-in-front-of-a-line/98647>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 29, 2017, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-a-n-in-front-of-a-line/98647 "2017-08-29T07:59:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![gringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@gringo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gringo)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-a-n-in-front-of-a-line/98647/1 "2017-08-29T07:59:03Z")

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assuming I have a field "field1" with value "Hello world"

How can I make the value become "\nHello world"

When I gsub it will always become "\n"HelloWorld"

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**Author:** ![guyboertje](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guyboertje/32/31592_2.png) [@guyboertje](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/guyboertje)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-a-n-in-front-of-a-line/98647/2 "2017-09-04T09:56:53Z")

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You can use the unicode escaped character.

```auto
"Hello World".gsub("Hello", "\u000aHello")
=> "\nHello World"

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2017, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-a-n-in-front-of-a-line/98647/3 "2017-10-02T09:56:54Z")

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