# Why not recognize simple syslog text as SYSLOGLINE in Grok Debugger?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-not-recognize-simple-syslog-text-as-syslogline-in-grok-debugger/244905>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 13, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-not-recognize-simple-syslog-text-as-syslogline-in-grok-debugger/244905 "2020-08-13T15:10:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![patsevanton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/patsevanton/32/42692_2.png) [@patsevanton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/patsevanton)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-not-recognize-simple-syslog-text-as-syslogline-in-grok-debugger/244905/1 "2020-08-13T15:10:41Z")

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Hello!

Source log:  
`Mar 16 00:01:25 evita postfix/smtpd[1713]: connect from camomile.cloud9.net[168.100.1.3]`

Grok pattern - `SYSLOGLINE`

Output - `No Matches`

Screenshot:

 ![Снимок экрана от 2020-08-13 21-09-37](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/a/2ab53f1a60c1963e895526e54d4afb483eee052d.png)

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-not-recognize-simple-syslog-text-as-syslogline-in-grok-debugger/244905/2 "2020-08-13T15:21:25Z")

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I cannot speak to [herokuapp.com](http://herokuapp.com), but it works in logstash

```
input { generator { count => 1 lines => ['Mar 16 00:01:25 evita postfix/smtpd[1713]: connect from camomile.cloud9.net[168.100.1.3]' ] } }
filter { grok { match => { "message" => "%{SYSLOGLINE}" } } }

```

produces

```
 "timestamp" => "Mar 16 00:01:25",
   "message" => [
    [0] "Mar 16 00:01:25 evita postfix/smtpd[1713]: connect from camomile.cloud9.net[168.100.1.3]",
    [1] "connect from camomile.cloud9.net[168.100.1.3]"
],
 "logsource" => "evita",
   "program" => "postfix/smtpd",
```

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**Author:** ![patsevanton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/patsevanton/32/42692_2.png) [@patsevanton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/patsevanton)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-not-recognize-simple-syslog-text-as-syslogline-in-grok-debugger/244905/3 "2020-08-14T03:30:12Z")

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Yes.. i forgot. Right %{SYSLOGLINE}.  
Thanks!

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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:** [September 11, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-not-recognize-simple-syslog-text-as-syslogline-in-grok-debugger/244905/4 "2020-09-11T03:30:16Z")

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