# Can't configure filebeat to only send new added log content **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [October 23, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-configure-filebeat-to-only-send-new-added-log-content/204927 "2019-10-23T17:37:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pepper\_Pam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pepper_pam/32/56455_2.png) [@Pepper\_Pam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pepper_Pam)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-configure-filebeat-to-only-send-new-added-log-content/204927/1 "2019-10-23T17:37:46Z")
I used filebeat to connect to Kafka. Everytime I add some new lines to the log file, I want filebeat only output this contents to Kafka. My Input of filebeat.yml as below: filebeat.inputs: - type: log enabled: true paths: - /Users/ll/Documents/test06.log tail\_files: true And I Start filebeat using below command: brew services start elastic/tap/filebeat-full cd /usr/local/etc/filebeat/ filebeat -e -c filebeat.yml -d "publish" ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-configure-filebeat-to-only-send-new-added-log-content/204927/2 "2019-10-23T17:43:51Z")
Please do not open multiple threads about the same issue. I responded to the other thread. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-configure-filebeat-to-only-send-new-added-log-content/204927/3 "2019-11-20T17:43:52Z")
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