# Greedydata doesn't accept backslash **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [December 24, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/greedydata-doesnt-accept-backslash/162032 "2018-12-24T21:14:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xyz2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e480ec/32.png) [@xyz2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xyz2)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/greedydata-doesnt-accept-backslash/162032/1 "2018-12-24T21:14:07Z")
Hi, My file has comma separated values. Values can contain backslash, curly braces , dot and quotes as well. I used GREEDYDATA but it throws grokparse failure error. It works fine when the entries doesn't contain backslash or braces. Is there any limitation or how can I resolve it ? ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/greedydata-doesnt-accept-backslash/162032/2 "2018-12-26T21:50:33Z")
Please show example input data and your Logstash configuration. ---
**Author:** ![xyz2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e480ec/32.png) [@xyz2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xyz2)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/greedydata-doesnt-accept-backslash/162032/3 "2018-12-27T16:14:25Z")
Hi, The issue is resolved now. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/greedydata-doesnt-accept-backslash/162032/4 "2019-01-24T16:14:26Z")
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