# Delete file after read

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-file-after-read/26656>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 31, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-file-after-read/26656 "2015-07-31T17:56:39Z")\
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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:** [July 31, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-file-after-read/26656/2 "2015-07-31T17:58:58Z")

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This question has the same answer as this one:

> [@Stop Logstash when it has finished to read a csv file](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/stop-logstash-when-it-has-finished-to-read-a-csv-file/26632):
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> Hi everybody, I'm using Logstash 1.5.3 and its input "file" in order to index a csv file to Elasticsearch. I want to execute logstash and when it has finished to read my file I want to properly stop Logstash. How can I do that? Thanks in advance for your help.

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