# Logstash misinterprets incoming data

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-misinterprets-incoming-data/285200>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 27, 2021, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-misinterprets-incoming-data/285200 "2021-09-27T07:58:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-misinterprets-incoming-data/285200/2 "2021-09-27T14:07:43Z")

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You can [anchor each pattern](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/grok-parse-failure-on-working-grok-debugger/191039/4), or [match everything up to a newline](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-parsing-metadata-from-logfile/260496/2).

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