# Max Lines Multiline Codec

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-lines-multiline-codec/84216>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 2, 2017, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-lines-multiline-codec/84216 "2017-05-02T07:56:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sam67000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Sam67000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sam67000)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-lines-multiline-codec/84216/1 "2017-05-02T07:56:57Z")

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Hello EveryOne,

I have a problem with one log. This log contains 600 lines and I need it to be store in ElasticSearch as a single document.  
So I use the multiline codec but it puts me : "Multiline codec max lines reached".  
I know that the default value of max lines is 500 but I don't know how change this.

I try max\_lines : 600  
max\_lines =\> 600  
multiline.max\_lines : 600

But It doesn't work. So If you can help me !  
Thanks !

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**Author:** ![Sam67000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Sam67000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sam67000)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-lines-multiline-codec/84216/2 "2017-05-02T08:38:39Z")

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It's good I found the right expression :

codec =\> multiline {  
pattern =\> "^%{TIME}"  
negate =\> true  
what =\> previous  
**max\_lines =\> 1000**  
}

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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:** [May 30, 2017, 8:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/max-lines-multiline-codec/84216/3 "2017-05-30T08:53:36Z")

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