# Split line in multiple messages

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/split-line-in-multiple-messages/77011>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 1, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/split-line-in-multiple-messages/77011 "2017-03-01T15:36:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![bertvervaele](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@bertvervaele](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bertvervaele)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/split-line-in-multiple-messages/77011/1 "2017-03-01T15:36:29Z")

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I have all my logs on 1 line like this:  
aE0020170216090418001004100058S3 0 26742 2711-------- 640-------------------------------------- \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*mQ0120170216090418001004100058S3 0Workp. 58124 10041 ThInit WPStartthxxhead1042 \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*pE0A20170216090420001003900057S3 SAPSYS 0001&aT16\_U24432\_M0&bWorkprocess crashed [Error/Core] 58A53F515D02272EE10000000ACCC810

With as separator 22 times \*.  
atm I'm trying to use

filter{  
mutate{  
split =\> { "message" =\> "\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*"}  
}  
}

But this just splits it in different fields.  
Is there a way to split them in different messages?

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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:** [March 21, 2017, 6:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/split-line-in-multiple-messages/77011/2 "2017-03-21T06:35:33Z")

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Perhaps the split filter can help.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 8:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/split-line-in-multiple-messages/77011/3 "2017-03-21T08:52:28Z")

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I suspect you will need to create a custom codec to handle this case.

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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 18, 2017, 8:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/split-line-in-multiple-messages/77011/4 "2017-04-18T08:52:36Z")

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