# Remove characters in grok

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-characters-in-grok/72548
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [January 23, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-characters-in-grok/72548 "2017-01-23T23:47:17Z")
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### 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: [January 24, 2017, 6:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/remove-characters-in-grok/72548/2 "2017-01-24T06:56:00Z")

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Change

```
%{GREEDYDATA:message}

```

to

```
[,:]\s+%{GREEDYDATA:message}
```

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