# File beat reading logs twice based on scan frequency

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-beat-reading-logs-twice-based-on-scan-frequency/175840>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [April 8, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-beat-reading-logs-twice-based-on-scan-frequency/175840 "2019-04-08T12:44:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![amolp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7993a0/32.png) [@amolp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amolp)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-beat-reading-logs-twice-based-on-scan-frequency/175840/1 "2019-04-08T12:44:19Z")

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Hi,

some time filebeat reading the number of logs properly and some time reading same logs twice, when I am changing scan\_frequency attribute value this is happing that's what I found but maybe I am wrong please any one help me in this.

thanks in advance

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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:** [May 6, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-beat-reading-logs-twice-based-on-scan-frequency/175840/2 "2019-05-06T12:44:19Z")

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