# Grok two words as one term

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/grok-two-words-as-one-term/109305>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 28, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/grok-two-words-as-one-term/109305 "2017-11-28T03:57:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Xuzheng\_Lin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Xuzheng\_Lin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Xuzheng_Lin)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/grok-two-words-as-one-term/109305/1 "2017-11-28T03:57:46Z")

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Hi, I am trying to grok below log with logstash and fetch the term "Received disconnect". (My ELK Version is still 5.1.1 at the moment)

_Nov 27 00:00:00 ubuntu sshd[123456]: Received disconnect from 111.111.111.111: 14: Unable to authenticate using any of the configured authentication methods. [preauth]_

By current config I can take the words out separately, but cannot merge them as one term (The word after the term is different so I cannot use it as the end of a GREEDYDATA):  
_%{SYSLOGTIMESTAMP:timestamp} %{HOSTNAME:host\_target} %{WORD:conn\_type}[%{BASE10NUM}]: %{WORD:result} %{WORD:result} %{GREEDYDATA} from %{IP:source\_ip}_

And I fail to find any keywords used for multiple words. So I wonder if someone have solved similar situation?

Thanks a lot.

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**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:** [November 28, 2017, 6:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/grok-two-words-as-one-term/109305/2 "2017-11-28T06:28:18Z")

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You can e.g. use `(?<result>\w+ \w+)`. I think `(?<result>%{WORD} %{WORD})` will work too.

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**Author:** ![Xuzheng\_Lin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Xuzheng\_Lin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Xuzheng_Lin)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 6:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/grok-two-words-as-one-term/109305/3 "2017-11-28T06:58:59Z")

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Yes it works! Thank you very much!

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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:** [December 26, 2017, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/grok-two-words-as-one-term/109305/4 "2017-12-26T06:59:35Z")

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