# Filebeat sends garbled messages \\u0000

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-sends-garbled-messages-u0000/68871>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [December 13, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-sends-garbled-messages-u0000/68871 "2016-12-13T12:58:03Z")\
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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:** [December 14, 2016, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-sends-garbled-messages-u0000/68871/4 "2016-12-14T08:40:58Z")

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Also have a look at [Filebeat 5.0 with multiline, split event data to two events](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-5-0-with-multiline-split-event-data-to-two-events/60380/12) where this \u0000 also showed up.

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