Take a look at http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/global.html
global (
parser.escapeControlCharactersCStyle="on"
parser.escapeControlCharactersOnReceive="on"
)
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 3:03 PM, David Lang <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Mar 2015, Troels Arvin wrote:
>
> Hello,
>>
>> Using rsyslog 7.4.7.
>>
>> Once in a while, some equipment sends a message which includes newline
>> chars into our central syslog server. This disturbs my filtering of /var/
>> log/messages.
>>
>> Can rsyslog be configured to replace incoming newline characters with
>> another character, such as a space?
>>
>
> the 'right' think to happen is to have the newline replaced with #012 to
> match the rest of the control character escaping.
>
> This isn't currently happening because traditionally a newline indicated
> the end of the log message, so it didn't need escaping, and when it became
> possible to have a newline in the message, it didn't get added.
>
> Rainer, do you want a bug for this? or will you just add it to your todo
> list?
>
> David Lang
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