# Unokowns characters

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unokowns-characters/276932>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 24, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unokowns-characters/276932 "2021-06-24T13:29:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Betorov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@Betorov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Betorov)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unokowns-characters/276932/1 "2021-06-24T13:29:54Z")

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Hi everyone.  
The file I'm reading with filebeat has special character that create problem with logstash  
Here an example (I know that the image are annoying but is the only way to show you the problem)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/4/249ff0f5fa128b27d9677305c08a8d5569a0bb97.png)  
There is a way to ignore this characters or drop it?  
Thanks in advance

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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 22, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unokowns-characters/276932/2 "2021-07-22T13:30:09Z")

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