# Logstash Dissect Filter - Multiple Delimiters?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-dissect-filter-multiple-delimiters/155626
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [November 6, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-dissect-filter-multiple-delimiters/155626 "2018-11-06T21:38:46Z")
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### Author:  [@boss](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/boss)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-dissect-filter-multiple-delimiters/155626/1 "2018-11-06T21:38:46Z")
Hi all, what is the the best way to support multiple delimiters with the Logstash Dissect Filter?
As an example, suppose one file has logs set up as follows:
`2018-11-06_05:30:21 Log message1`
And another file has logs set up as such:
`2018-11-06-05:30:21 Log message 2`
Note the different delimiter between the date and time.
I want to use the same filter for both log files. What is the preferred way to handle this?
I haven't had any luck with the following Logstash filter:
```
filter {
dissect {
mapping => {
"message" => "%{year}-%{month}-%{day}{_,-}%{hour}:%{min}:%{sec} %{msg}"
}
}
}
```
The `{_,-}` (a [common glob pattern](http://www.jedit.org/users-guide/globs.html)) breaks my parsing. Is there any support for this? Or would I just be better off with two separate filters?
Thanks in advance!
Matt
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-dissect-filter-multiple-delimiters/155626/2 "2018-12-04T21:38:52Z")
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