# How can I encode unicode characters in config file for logstash? **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [April 12, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-encode-unicode-characters-in-config-file-for-logstash/127845 "2018-04-12T15:52:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nneul](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nneul/32/4956_2.png) [@nneul](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nneul)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-encode-unicode-characters-in-config-file-for-logstash/127845/1 "2018-04-12T15:52:15Z")
i.e. I'd like to be able to do something like \u1234 instead of having the raw utf8 character in the config. Is that possible with the config parser? I'm using 5.5 still in case it makes a difference. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2018, 6:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-encode-unicode-characters-in-config-file-for-logstash/127845/2 "2018-04-13T06:19:24Z")
More recent versions of Logstash has some support for escape sequences (see [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/configuration-file-structure.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/configuration-file-structure.html)) but it doesn't appear `\uNNNN` is supported. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 6:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-encode-unicode-characters-in-config-file-for-logstash/127845/3 "2018-05-11T06:19:31Z")
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