# Need help dropping specific messages

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-help-dropping-specific-messages/339441>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 27, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-help-dropping-specific-messages/339441 "2023-07-27T13:11:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-help-dropping-specific-messages/339441/4 "2023-07-27T21:18:12Z")

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> [@RJC](#):
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> `if "\u000" in [message] { drop {} }`

I suspect that your message is not a literal "\0000" but a NUL. [This](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/find-and-replace-to-a-unicode-string/252226/2) post might help.

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