# Dir.glob got stuck

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dir-glob-got-stuck/191297>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 19, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dir-glob-got-stuck/191297 "2019-07-19T02:10:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ram\_Sharan\_Mittal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ram_sharan_mittal/32/47018_2.png) [@Ram\_Sharan\_Mittal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ram_Sharan_Mittal)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dir-glob-got-stuck/191297/1 "2019-07-19T02:10:53Z")

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following code is stuck and it is not moving further in a custom plugin

temp\_dir = /tmp  
#{METADATA\_FILE\_EXTENSION} = .metadata

metadata\_files = Dir.glob(temp\_dir, "\*\*" "\*#{METADATA\_FILE\_EXTENSION}")

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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:** [August 16, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dir-glob-got-stuck/191297/2 "2019-08-16T02:10:56Z")

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