# Multiple patterns in Multiline pattern not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-patterns-in-multiline-pattern-not-working/125244>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [March 22, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-patterns-in-multiline-pattern-not-working/125244 "2018-03-22T17:55:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Adyantha\_T\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Adyantha\_T\_S](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Adyantha_T_S)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-patterns-in-multiline-pattern-not-working/125244/1 "2018-03-22T17:55:16Z")

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I am trying to capture specific lines using filebeat, but I'm unable to apply multiple patterns and get those lines into a single message.  
Data:  
zzz Thu Mar 22 17:49:46 UTC 2018  
**MemTotal: 24688032 kB**  
**MemFree: 2628752 kB**  
MemAvailable: 15808568 kB  
**Buffers: 834784 kB**  
**Cached: 11914956 kB**  
SwapCached: 0 kB  
Active: 10500300 kB  
Inactive: 10574108 kB  
Active(anon): 6794112 kB  
Inactive(anon): 1530748 kB  
Active(file): 3706188 kB  
Inactive(file): 9043360 kB  
Unevictable: 0 kB  
Mlocked: 0 kB  
SwapTotal: 54521848 kB  
SwapFree: 54521848 kB  
Dirty: 372 kB  
Writeback: 0 kB  
AnonPages: 8324536 kB  
Mapped: 178412 kB

I need to capture only lines containing 'MemTotal|MemFree|Buffers|Cached' and ignore other lines  
I tried using  
multiline.pattern with all options for negate & match. Still could not figure out.  
Is there any way I can capture required info.?

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**Author:** ![adrisr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/adrisr/32/25423_2.png) [@adrisr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adrisr)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-patterns-in-multiline-pattern-not-working/125244/2 "2018-03-22T18:43:31Z")

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You should use the `include_lines` option:

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/configuration-filebeat-options.html#include-lines](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/configuration-filebeat-options.html#include-lines)

in this case:

```auto
 include_lines: ['^MemTotal:', '^MemFree:', '^Buffers:', '^Cached:']

```

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**Author:** ![Adyantha\_T\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Adyantha\_T\_S](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Adyantha_T_S)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-patterns-in-multiline-pattern-not-working/125244/3 "2018-03-23T03:11:42Z")

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But include\_lines will provide info in 4 different messages. I need them in a single message.  
Is it possible.?

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**Author:** ![adrisr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/adrisr/32/25423_2.png) [@adrisr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adrisr)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-patterns-in-multiline-pattern-not-working/125244/4 "2018-03-23T14:50:09Z")

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Sorry I didn't realise you needed them in a single message.

For that you're going to resort to Logstash or an Ingest Pipeline in Elasticsearch

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/advanced-pipeline.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/advanced-pipeline.html)

> **[A New Way To Ingest - Part 1](https://www.elastic.co/blog/new-way-to-ingest-part-1)**
>
> Elasticsearch 5 allows changing data right before indexing it, for example extracting fields or looking up IP addresses.

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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 20, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-patterns-in-multiline-pattern-not-working/125244/5 "2018-04-20T14:50:20Z")

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