# Codec multiline in Input section doesn't load last line

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/codec-multiline-in-input-section-doesnt-load-last-line/200637
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [September 23, 2019, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/codec-multiline-in-input-section-doesnt-load-last-line/200637 "2019-09-23T07:33:44Z")
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### Author: ![uma\_rengasamy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e56c9b/32.png) [@uma\_rengasamy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/uma_rengasamy)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2019, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/codec-multiline-in-input-section-doesnt-load-last-line/200637/1 "2019-09-23T07:33:44Z")

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I have below configuration , Last line of log is not getting loaded.

codec =\> multiline {  
pattern =\> "(^[0-9]{4})|(^[A-Z,a-z]{3})"  
negate =\> "true"  
what =\> "previous"  
auto\_flush\_interval =\> 60  
}  
}

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### Author: ![uma\_rengasamy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e56c9b/32.png) [@uma\_rengasamy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/uma_rengasamy)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2019, 7:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/codec-multiline-in-input-section-doesnt-load-last-line/200637/2 "2019-09-23T07:47:53Z")

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This doesn't work if file have only one line

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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 21, 2019, 7:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/codec-multiline-in-input-section-doesnt-load-last-line/200637/3 "2019-10-21T07:47:54Z")

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