# Json of varying length and multiline

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-of-varying-length-and-multiline/191689>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 22, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-of-varying-length-and-multiline/191689 "2019-07-22T17:09:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-of-varying-length-and-multiline/191689/4 "2019-07-23T13:03:08Z")

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If you JSON is pretty-printed like that then you can make your pattern look for the non-indented } that ends the object

```
codec => multiline { pattern => "^}" negate => true what => next auto_flush_interval => 1 }
```

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