# How to split lines based on a term in Timelion using split() or other?

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**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** timelion\
**Created:** [May 16, 2017, 4:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-split-lines-based-on-a-term-in-timelion-using-split-or-other/85851 "2017-05-16T04:42:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stacey\_Gammon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stacey_gammon/32/14025_2.png) [@Stacey\_Gammon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stacey_Gammon)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-split-lines-based-on-a-term-in-timelion-using-split-or-other/85851/2 "2017-05-16T15:25:12Z")

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Should be able to do this with something like `.es(split=username:X)` where x is the limit of the split.

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