# Multiline Codec logstash for log level

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiline-codec-logstash-for-log-level/193094>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 31, 2019, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiline-codec-logstash-for-log-level/193094 "2019-07-31T10:32:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 11:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiline-codec-logstash-for-log-level/193094/6 "2019-08-01T11:23:48Z")

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> [@mvenkat\_in](#):
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> premature end of char-class

That suggests that you have entered ^[ as a caret and a square bracket instead of a literal escape character (ctrl/v+esc on UNIX).

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