check so that the string has any length

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/stdin.go b/stdin.go
index 9848476..dd89234 100644
--- a/stdin.go
+++ b/stdin.go
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ func parseRawData(in <-chan []byte, cfg *Config) <-chan []RawData {
 	go func() {
 		rDat := make([]RawData, 0)
 		for line := range in {
-			if !strings.HasPrefix(string(line), "{") {
-				stlogger.Println("Got message:", string(line))
+			if len(string(line)) > 0 && !strings.HasPrefix(string(line), "{") {
+				stlogger.Println("Got message:", strings.TrimSpace(string(line)))
 				//This should be a break in the output from pmacct
 				//so we deploy our collected data and set a new timeBin
 				ival, err := cfg.getInterval()