# running setseparator.bro fails **URL:** \ **Category:** Zeek\ **Created:** [August 12, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/running-setseparator-bro-fails/3766 "2015-08-12T16:19:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Eiland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Earl\_Eiland](https://community.zeek.org/u/Earl_Eiland)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/running-setseparator-bro-fails/3766/1 "2015-08-12T16:19:34Z")
Hello. I’ve copied [https://github.com/bro/bro/blob/master/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/input/setseparator.bro](https://github.com/bro/bro/blob/master/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/input/setseparator.bro) Into my pwd and trying to run it. I’m getting the error unrecognized character - @ when it gets to line 5. What am I doing wrong? Best Regards, Earl Eiland, Sr. Cyber Security Engineer, Emerging Technologies, root9B, San Antonio, Texas ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Thayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8dc957/32.png) [@Daniel\_Thayer](https://community.zeek.org/u/Daniel_Thayer)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/running-setseparator-bro-fails/3766/2 "2015-08-12T16:39:04Z")
That file isn't meant to be run directly as a Bro script, if you want to do that then you'll need to first extract the part between "@TEST-START-FILE" and "@TEST-END-FILE" and save it as file "input.log". Then delete those lines (including lines starting with @TEST) in the setseparator.bro file. ---
**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, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/running-setseparator-bro-fails/3766/3 "2022-05-06T15:42:58Z")