# Filebeats multiline pattern - specific syntax

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-multiline-pattern-specific-syntax/122173>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [March 2, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-multiline-pattern-specific-syntax/122173 "2018-03-02T01:28:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![byungik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@byungik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/byungik)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-multiline-pattern-specific-syntax/122173/1 "2018-03-02T01:28:47Z")

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I want to set specific syntax as multiline pattern.  
so I test in logstash first and It works.

this is logstash's configration.  
input {  
stdin {  
codec =\> multiline {  
pattern =\> 'execute\_all srv'  
what =\> "previous"  
negate =\> true  
}  
}  
}

I copy this configuration to filebeats it doesn't works. I don't know why  
this is my filebeat.yml multiline setting.

multiline.pattern: 'execute\_all srv'  
multiline.match: after  
multiline.max\_lines: 500

Is there has any way to setting specific syntax as multiline pattern?

I need your help

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**Author:** ![byungik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@byungik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/byungik)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-multiline-pattern-specific-syntax/122173/2 "2018-03-02T02:28:49Z")

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I solve this problem.  
I just didn't add multiline.negate:true.

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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:** [March 30, 2018, 2:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-multiline-pattern-specific-syntax/122173/3 "2018-03-30T02:29:00Z")

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