# Exclude Lines

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-lines/145150>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [August 20, 2018, 11:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-lines/145150 "2018-08-20T11:13:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![WarrenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a5b964/32.png) [@WarrenG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/WarrenG)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 11:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-lines/145150/1 "2018-08-20T11:13:55Z")

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Hi All

Having a bit of a problem with excluding lines

Here is my config,

// - type: log  
// enabled: true  
// paths: ["/var/log/clamd.log"]  
// multiline.pattern: "Starting ClamAV Scan"  
// multiline.negate: true  
// multiline.match: after  
// multiline.flush\_pattern: "Finished ClamAV Scan"  
// exclude\_lines: ['SelfCheck', 'reloaded', 'Reading']  
// tags: ["clamav"]

Still getting this into Kibana:

// Mon Aug 20 11:59:43 2018 -\> Database correctly reloaded (6615382 signatures)\*\*\*\*  
// Mon Aug 20 11:59:28 2018 -\> SelfCheck: Database modification detected. Forcing reload.  
// Mon Aug 20 11:59:29 2018 -\> Reading databases from /var/lib/clamav

Oddly enough, this is being blocked:

// Mon Aug 20 10:35:19 2018 -\> SelfCheck: Database status OK.

Any idea how to completely exclude those lines from going to logstash?

Thank you

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**Author:** ![pierhugues](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pierhugues/32/48383_2.png) [@pierhugues](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pierhugues)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-lines/145150/2 "2018-08-21T17:56:22Z")

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@WarrenG If I understand correctly you are creating one multiline event starting with `Starting ClamAV Scan` and ending with `Finished ClamAV Scan`.

Are the following lines between the start pattern and end pattern?

```auto
// Mon Aug 20 11:59:43 2018 -> Database correctly reloaded (6615382 signatures) ****
// Mon Aug 20 11:59:28 2018 -> SelfCheck: Database modification detected. Forcing reload.
// Mon Aug 20 11:59:29 2018 -> Reading databases from /var/lib/clamav

```

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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:** [September 18, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exclude-lines/145150/3 "2018-09-18T17:56:27Z")

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