# Logstash 5.1.1 - Couldn't find any filter plugin named 'multiline' **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [January 11, 2017, 5:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-5-1-1-couldnt-find-any-filter-plugin-named-multiline/71263 "2017-01-11T17:20:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![seth.yes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/seth.yes/32/11788_2.png) [@seth.yes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/seth.yes)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 11:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-5-1-1-couldnt-find-any-filter-plugin-named-multiline/71263/9 "2017-01-27T23:03:53Z")
@Christian_Dahlqvist I'm not in a good place to edit the docs but if you get anyone to change it, someone should also add that apparently the 'auto\_flush\_interval' is required to make the multiline codec work. Thanks! > [@Logstash input file codec multiline not working as expected](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-file-codec-multiline-not-working-as-expected/55913/4): > > For me setting auto\_flush\_interval =\> 5 does solve the problem. > [@Issue with file input multiline codec](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-file-input-multiline-codec/66269/2): > > I found a related issue [https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-file/issues/90](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-file/issues/90) which mentions that auto\_flush needs to be set via the auto\_flush\_interval codec parameter. Once I set auto\_flush\_interval =\> 3 I observed the desired behavior. file { path =\> "c:/temp/test.log" start\_position =\> beginning sincedb\_path =\> "NUL" ignore\_older =\> 0 codec =\> multiline { pattern =\> "^%{MONTHDAY} %{MONTH} %{YEAR} %{TIME}" negate =\> true what =\> previou… --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-5-1-1-couldnt-find-any-filter-plugin-named-multiline/71263)._