# Field name stripping leading underscore **URL:** \ **Category:** Graylog Central (peer support)\ **Created:** [March 16, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/field-name-stripping-leading-underscore/19146 "2021-03-16T18:00:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hlayson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5daacb/32.png) [@hlayson](https://community.graylog.org/u/hlayson)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/field-name-stripping-leading-underscore/19146/1 "2021-03-16T18:00:06Z")
This is my print statement to stream the web server logs to graylog. printf “{ “version”: “%s”, “host”: “%s”, “smsg”: “%s”, “\_GL\_environment”: “%s”, “\_GL\_log”: “%s”, “\_GL\_type”: “%s”, “\_GL\_ws”: “%s”, “\_GL\_filter\_host”: “%s”, “message”: “%s” }\n”, ver, hn, smsg, env, lognm, type, ws, fh, $0| “/bin/nc -u [my.domain.com](http://my.domain.com) 12201” Notice how we have the field name with a leading underscore. For some reason this is being stripped out when it get to Graylog, The field displays as GL\_environment instead of \_GL\_environment, Any idea why? All my other logs send the field name correctly. ---
**Author:** ![cawfehman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/cawfehman/32/4132_2.png) [@cawfehman](https://community.graylog.org/u/cawfehman)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/field-name-stripping-leading-underscore/19146/2 "2021-03-29T16:24:38Z")
how is your input setup? have you tried a RAW text input? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/graylog/original/3X/c/7/c7c09c6b5099570133d6502b83f50ba4430de5b6.png) [@system](https://community.graylog.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2021, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/field-name-stripping-leading-underscore/19146/3 "2021-04-12T16:25:32Z")
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