# Logstash Unexpected character ('-' (code 45)): was expecting comma to separate Array entries

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**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 24, 2020, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unexpected-character-code-45-was-expecting-comma-to-separate-array-entries/224821 "2020-03-24T11:35:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unexpected-character-code-45-was-expecting-comma-to-separate-array-entries/224821/2 "2020-03-24T12:32:03Z")

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> [@Rahul\_Ravichandran](#):
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> raw=\>"[2020-03-24 11:15:33] file\_db\_logger.INFO:

That is not valid JSON. You could parse the prefix off using [dissect](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-parse-mix-json-logs/167594/2).

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