# Exclude data before multiline?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-data-before-multiline/60978>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [September 20, 2016, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-data-before-multiline/60978 "2016-09-20T07:33:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-data-before-multiline/60978/2 "2016-09-21T08:40:14Z")

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There is already an open issue for that here: [https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/1940](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/1940) Currently exclude\_lines is a processor and multiline is a reader. Processors are only applied after the reader finished. It would required some reorganisation. Happy to hear some suggestions on how could solve this issue.

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