# bro unrecognized character error!

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/bro-unrecognized-character-error/5159>\
**Category:** Zeek\
**Created:** [January 24, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/bro-unrecognized-character-error/5159 "2018-01-24T15:06:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bibin\_Koshy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e99b99/32.png) [@Bibin\_Koshy](https://community.zeek.org/u/Bibin_Koshy)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/bro-unrecognized-character-error/5159/1 "2018-01-24T15:06:05Z")

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Hi,

I am trying to run bro in my bash terminal. I have a “local.bro” file in a different directory so its not in default path. I am just trying to do a simple signature match, therefore i have created a “signature.sig” file in the directory. In my local.bro file i have tried using both ways “@load-sigs ./signature” and "redef signature\_files += “signature.sig”. The signature.sig file has the “signature my-first-sig” example from [bro.org](http://bro.org) site. In my terminal when i try to execute this: bro -r traffic.pcap local i get an error message saying “line 27: unrecognized character -” and i have also tried doing bro -r traffic.pcap -s signature.sig which also give me the same unrecognized character error.

Am i doing something wrong, please can you guide me to a solution ?

Thank you

Bibin K  
Bro Network Analyst (Beginner)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/bro-unrecognized-character-error/5159/2 "2022-05-06T15:45:31Z")

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