# Collect sequence when there are a lot of files?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collect-sequence-when-there-are-a-lot-of-files/203736>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [October 16, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collect-sequence-when-there-are-a-lot-of-files/203736 "2019-10-16T03:46:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![dumbdonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@dumbdonkey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dumbdonkey)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collect-sequence-when-there-are-a-lot-of-files/203736/1 "2019-10-16T03:46:33Z")

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will Filebeat collect file from the oldest one to the newest one?

I cannot find any documentation about this.

thanks

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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:** [November 13, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collect-sequence-when-there-are-a-lot-of-files/203736/2 "2019-11-13T03:46:36Z")

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