# Fail to use multiline input mode in filebeats

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fail-to-use-multiline-input-mode-in-filebeats/211033>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [December 8, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fail-to-use-multiline-input-mode-in-filebeats/211033 "2019-12-08T22:28:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![yevgen92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eb9ed0/32.png) [@yevgen92](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yevgen92)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fail-to-use-multiline-input-mode-in-filebeats/211033/1 "2019-12-08T22:28:30Z")

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I try to send a multiline event to logstash from xml file via filebeats. I use 7.5.2 version for both programs, and Windows 10.  
My xml file is next:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/f/2f78de7b287e23339814186d109d0c071dd3d80a.png)  
my logstash configuration file is:

input {  
beats{  
port =\> 5044 }  
}  
output {stdout{codec =\> rubydebug }

}

I set the next attributes in filebeats.yml file:

filebeat.inputs:

- type: log  
enabled: true  
paths: "C:\some\_path\filebeat-7.5.0-windows-x86\_64\xml\*"  
multiline.pattern: ^\<note  
multiline.negate: true  
multiline.match: after  
output.logstash:  
hosts: ["localhost:5044"]

and still stdout prints 5 different events instead of one. I tried to send the file to logstash using input mode without using filebeats, but it didnt work at all. It is another issue but I mention this for case they are connected somehow.  
Any idea what i do wrong?

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**Author:** ![ChrsMark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrsmark/32/55858_2.png) [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fail-to-use-multiline-input-mode-in-filebeats/211033/2 "2019-12-09T09:24:09Z")

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Hi!

Could you provide the Filebeat's output, so as to verify that there is nothing wrong there?

Thanks!

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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:** [January 6, 2020, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fail-to-use-multiline-input-mode-in-filebeats/211033/3 "2020-01-06T09:24:09Z")

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