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For UDP inputs, does the raw log priority factor into LINE_BREAKER?

twinspop
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If you watch the wire data via tcpdump, you will see syslog events contain the log priority at the beginning of an event:

<134>12/1/14 10:02:03.123 INFO some log info

When defining LINE_BREAKER for this log, do I need to factor in the priority, or is that stripped before that stage?

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twinspop
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Based on my own experiments, no, do not account for the log priority identifier in angle brackets. Pretend like it's not there.

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twinspop
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Based on my own experiments, no, do not account for the log priority identifier in angle brackets. Pretend like it's not there.

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