# Multiline on "\\n"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiline-on-n/98618>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 29, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiline-on-n/98618 "2017-08-29T02:36:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![gringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@gringo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gringo)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiline-on-n/98618/1 "2017-08-29T02:36:21Z")

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I have the following log

blah..... blah...... \n  
lah....... lah........ \n  
ah...... ah......

how do I split the three lines into arrays?

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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:** [August 29, 2017, 5:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiline-on-n/98618/2 "2017-08-29T05:38:42Z")

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I don't understand. Should these lines be joined with a multiline codec and then split? Show an example of the desired result and not just the input.

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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:** [September 26, 2017, 5:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiline-on-n/98618/3 "2017-09-26T05:38:49Z")

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Closed on September 26, 2017, 5:38am UTC

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