# Logstash XML file parsing - awkward Splitting event Problem

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-xml-file-parsing-awkward-splitting-event-problem/174906>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 2, 2019, 5:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-xml-file-parsing-awkward-splitting-event-problem/174906 "2019-04-02T05:03:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-xml-file-parsing-awkward-splitting-event-problem/174906/4 "2019-04-03T13:51:44Z")

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Does a file contain multiple root elements? If not, you can consume the entire file using a pattern that never matches and a timeout. For example

```
codec => multiline { pattern => "^Spalanzani" what => "previous" negate => true auto_flush_interval => 1 }
```

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