# Multiline.pattern in filebeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiline-pattern-in-filebeat/80082>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [March 27, 2017, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiline-pattern-in-filebeat/80082 "2017-03-27T07:45:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![emilio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f475e1/32.png) [@emilio](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/emilio)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiline-pattern-in-filebeat/80082/1 "2017-03-27T07:45:01Z")

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Dear all,

What is the correct multiline.pattern in filebeat to transfer Java stack trace as one event?

There are different cases of it.

Currently i have such pattern:

multiline.pattern: '\<\*'

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**Author:** ![tudor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tudor/32/3753_2.png) [@tudor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tudor)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiline-pattern-in-filebeat/80082/2 "2017-03-27T11:19:10Z")

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Can you post a sample exception together with the log lines around it? As you said, there probably are multiple cases of it.

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**Author:** ![emilio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f475e1/32.png) [@emilio](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/emilio)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiline-pattern-in-filebeat/80082/3 "2017-03-27T19:37:55Z")

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I need catch all kinds of them, Tudor

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiline-pattern-in-filebeat/80082/4 "2017-03-28T14:35:11Z")

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Can you share what you tried so far and didn't work with the different log types below?

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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:** [April 25, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiline-pattern-in-filebeat/80082/5 "2017-04-25T14:35:11Z")

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