# $ControlCharacterEscapePrefix

Type: global configuration parameter

Default: \

Description:

This option specifies the prefix character to be used for control character escaping (see option $EscapeControlCharactersOnReceive). By default, it is ‘\’, which is backwards-compatible with sysklogd. Change it to ‘#’ in order to be compliant to the value that is somewhat suggested by Internet-Draft syslog-protocol.

IMPORTANT: do not use the ‘ character. This is reserved and will most probably be used in the future as a character delimiter. For the same reason, the syntax of this parameter will probably change in future releases.

Sample:

`$EscapeControlCharactersOnReceive # # as of syslog-protocol`

See also

Help with configuring/using `Rsyslog`:

- Mailing list - best route for general questions

- GitHub: rsyslog source project - detailed questions, reporting issues that are believed to be bugs with `Rsyslog`

- Stack Exchange (View, Ask) - experimental support from rsyslog community

See also

Contributing to `Rsyslog`:

- Source project: rsyslog project README.

- Documentation: rsyslog-doc project README

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