# Issue with parsing csv file via logstash with headers containing " \\\\headername \[abcd\]"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-parsing-csv-file-via-logstash-with-headers-containing-headername-abcd/219965>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 19, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-parsing-csv-file-via-logstash-with-headers-containing-headername-abcd/219965 "2020-02-19T12:40:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![pratik322](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecb155/32.png) [@pratik322](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pratik322)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-parsing-csv-file-via-logstash-with-headers-containing-headername-abcd/219965/1 "2020-02-19T12:40:53Z")

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[2020-02-19T18:12:34,475][WARN][logstash.filters.csv][main] Error parsing csv {:field=\>"message", :source=\>""85.266189861681553"\r", :exception=\>#\<RuntimeError: Invalid FieldReference: `[\server\_name\Network Adapter(WAN Miniport [IP])\Packets Sent/sec]

IS THERE IS ANYWAY I CAN READ THE CSV HEADERS SKIPPING THE WILDCARD?

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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 18, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-parsing-csv-file-via-logstash-with-headers-containing-headername-abcd/219965/2 "2020-03-18T12:40:55Z")

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