# Logstash: handle url with pipes in them when parsing leef format

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-handle-url-with-pipes-in-them-when-parsing-leef-format/154428>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 29, 2018, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-handle-url-with-pipes-in-them-when-parsing-leef-format/154428 "2018-10-29T10:45:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![pkaramol](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pkaramol/32/22610_2.png) [@pkaramol](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pkaramol)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2018, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-handle-url-with-pipes-in-them-when-parsing-leef-format/154428/1 "2018-10-29T10:45:14Z")

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We are handling leef format logs from syslog which are presumably easy to handle with the `kv` fillter that breaks the fields with the pipe (`|`) delimiter;

However the whole process breaks when the url itself containes pipes (`|`).

Is there a way to address this?

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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:** [November 26, 2018, 10:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-handle-url-with-pipes-in-them-when-parsing-leef-format/154428/2 "2018-11-26T10:57:22Z")

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