# Filebeat 5.0 with multiline, split event data to two events

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-5-0-with-multiline-split-event-data-to-two-events/60380>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [September 13, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-5-0-with-multiline-split-event-data-to-two-events/60380 "2016-09-13T13:08:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 1:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-5-0-with-multiline-split-event-data-to-two-events/60380/23 "2016-09-22T13:16:28Z")

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but timeout will not protect you from weird buffering effects, as file pointer is already advanced once this happens.

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