# Logstash replace escape chars in messages

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-replace-escape-chars-in-messages/54030>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 27, 2016, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-replace-escape-chars-in-messages/54030 "2016-06-27T11:27:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![AyliD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@AyliD](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AyliD)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-replace-escape-chars-in-messages/54030/1 "2016-06-27T11:27:18Z")

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What is the best way and syntax to replace ESC chars from my logs....

06/27/16 14:11:30.888 D S10.10.64.83 STREAMER 0 @IAAAAAAAJOGABHHF ^[[01;37;44mFX\_Ingestion\_Media\_Session\_Stop\_Command::dump\_command^[[00;39;49m

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-replace-escape-chars-in-messages/54030/2 "2016-06-29T05:50:39Z")

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Are we talking about _actual_ non-printable escape sequences or the text representation of them as visible in your example?

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-replace-escape-chars-in-messages/54030/3 "2017-07-06T04:50:33Z")

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