I need harvest all log files in an directory and the subdirectories and exclude the backup directories that are in the same location. e. g. /foo/bar/service1/.log /foo/bar/service1.backup/.log /foo/bar/service2/.log /foo/bar/service2.backup/.log is there a possibility to exclude all the direct…

I'm afraid this is not a valid regular expression. Please try to use sth like this: '^\/foo\/bar\/.+(.backup)\/.+' also - you can use this page to figure out a proper regular expression: https://regex101.com/

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Exclude Directorys in Filebeat

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mtojek (Marcin Tojek) March 11, 2020, 3:03pm 2

I think you may find an answer in this thread: How to exclude a sub directory and all of it's files

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