# Quote\_char in csv filter plugin

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/quote-char-in-csv-filter-plugin/50042
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [May 14, 2016, 7:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/quote-char-in-csv-filter-plugin/50042 "2016-05-14T07:00:10Z")
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### Author: ![baneshbanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@baneshbanna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/baneshbanna)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2016, 7:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/quote-char-in-csv-filter-plugin/50042/1 "2016-05-14T07:00:10Z")

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"^" as quote\_char not working.  
in the file fields are enclosed with the "^";  
What are the possible values for the quote\_char

Thanks in advance.

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### Author: ![fbaligand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fbaligand/32/5657_2.png) [@fbaligand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fbaligand)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2016, 8:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/quote-char-in-csv-filter-plugin/50042/2 "2016-05-14T08:21:51Z")

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I just tried with `^aabb^,^ccc^` content and `csv { quote_char => "^" }` logstash conf, and it works fine.

Maybe upgrade to last logstash version (I tried with logstash 2.3.2).

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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: [July 6, 2017, 4:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/quote-char-in-csv-filter-plugin/50042/3 "2017-07-06T04:57:37Z")

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