# CSV and double qoutes **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [June 21, 2017, 6:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/csv-and-double-qoutes/90201 "2017-06-21T06:17:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mario\_van\_Gemert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mario_van_gemert/32/13832_2.png) [@Mario\_van\_Gemert](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mario_van_Gemert)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 6:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/csv-and-double-qoutes/90201/1 "2017-06-21T06:17:52Z")
I am trying to import a CSV file by using the CSV filter in Logstash. This works fine, but in the description field I sometime have special characters, like " (double quotes), so this gives a parse failure. How can I solve this? ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/csv-and-double-qoutes/90201/2 "2017-06-21T06:30:05Z")
Please show an example. ---
**Author:** ![Mario\_van\_Gemert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mario_van_gemert/32/13832_2.png) [@Mario\_van\_Gemert](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mario_van_Gemert)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/csv-and-double-qoutes/90201/3 "2017-06-21T06:47:34Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/2/f288c149bb565164c37a32e2e13324cabf5ece75.png)INVOICE DATE ARTICLE DESCRIPTION 40 28-4-2017 25107948 BAMBOO 6" LID 50 28-4-2017 25107939 BAMBOO 6" STEAMER The " gives problems ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/csv-and-double-qoutes/90201/4 "2017-06-21T07:12:13Z")
Well, since you have separator characters (spaces) occurring inside the field values I'm not sure the csv filter is a great match anyway. In this case I'd use a grok filter. ---
**Author:** ![Mario\_van\_Gemert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mario_van_gemert/32/13832_2.png) [@Mario\_van\_Gemert](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mario_van_Gemert)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2017, 7:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/csv-and-double-qoutes/90201/5 "2017-06-21T07:14:13Z")
Ok, I'll try that. Thnx Magnus! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 7:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/csv-and-double-qoutes/90201/6 "2017-07-19T07:14:21Z")
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