# Can we pass on file path=\> as a command line argument

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-pass-on-file-path-as-a-command-line-argument/24595
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [June 30, 2015, 6:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-pass-on-file-path-as-a-command-line-argument/24595 "2015-06-30T06:09:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Saket\_Kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Saket\_Kumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saket_Kumar)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2015, 6:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-pass-on-file-path-as-a-command-line-argument/24595/1 "2015-06-30T06:09:32Z")

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./bin/logstash -f logstash.conf -path /a/b/\*.csv

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2015, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-pass-on-file-path-as-a-command-line-argument/24595/2 "2015-06-30T06:10:54Z")

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Nope, you cannot.

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### Author: ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-pass-on-file-path-as-a-command-line-argument/24595/3 "2015-06-30T06:12:48Z")

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No, but you can pass the whole input block as an argument:

```
/path/to/logstash -e 'input { file { path => "/a/b/*.csv" } }' -f other-configs.conf
```

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 5:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-pass-on-file-path-as-a-command-line-argument/24595/4 "2017-07-06T05:36:05Z")

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