# Output -\> file -\> codec -\> json writing in a single line instead of writing as new line for every set

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-file-codec-json-writing-in-a-single-line-instead-of-writing-as-new-line-for-every-set/65440>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 9, 2016, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-file-codec-json-writing-in-a-single-line-instead-of-writing-as-new-line-for-every-set/65440 "2016-11-09T07:01:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![gmmurugan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gmmurugan/32/12488_2.png) [@gmmurugan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gmmurugan)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-file-codec-json-writing-in-a-single-line-instead-of-writing-as-new-line-for-every-set/65440/1 "2016-11-09T07:01:20Z")

</div>

output -\> file -\> codec -\> json writing in a single line instead of writing as new line for every set.  
its hard for nxlog to parse thru thee output because there is no new line . its always a single line and never ending.

eg:  
{"name":8,"@version":"1","@timestamp":"2016-11-09T06:40:00.789Z","type":"datadog1","app":"abc","time":"2016-11-09T06:40:00.789Z","field":"ppa","terminal":"openstack"}{"name":9,"@version":"1","@timestamp":"2016-11-09T06:40:00.789Z","type":"datadog","app":"abc","time":"2016-11-09T06:42:00.789Z","field":"ppa","terminal":"openstack"}

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [November 9, 2016, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-file-codec-json-writing-in-a-single-line-instead-of-writing-as-new-line-for-every-set/65440/2 "2016-11-09T07:17:03Z")

</div>

Use the json\_lines codec instead.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![gmmurugan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gmmurugan/32/12488_2.png) [@gmmurugan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gmmurugan)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-file-codec-json-writing-in-a-single-line-instead-of-writing-as-new-line-for-every-set/65440/3 "2016-11-09T16:09:49Z")

</div>

nope.. its not working.. may be this is bit different.. i tried the json as codec in my local(windows).. it worked simply fine as expected by line by line.. when i run in centos, its strange.. any thoughts on that?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/output-file-codec-json-writing-in-a-single-line-instead-of-writing-as-new-line-for-every-set/65440/4 "2016-12-07T16:10:05Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.