# File Input, just one file, with one line that is updated every 5 minutes
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-input-just-one-file-with-one-line-that-is-updated-every-5-minutes/294074
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [January 11, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-input-just-one-file-with-one-line-that-is-updated-every-5-minutes/294074 "2022-01-11T18:59:04Z")
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### Author:  [@ElasticLiver](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ElasticLiver)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-input-just-one-file-with-one-line-that-is-updated-every-5-minutes/294074/1 "2022-01-11T18:59:04Z")
Hi, I need to read from logstash one file: `number_of_connections.txt`
this file is updated every 5 minutes with a new number, so no new lines are added.
can I do this with file input? if not is there another input that I can use?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-input-just-one-file-with-one-line-that-is-updated-every-5-minutes/294074/2 "2022-01-11T23:56:05Z")
You could use a file input in read mode and have the input delete the file every time it is read. Provided your filesystem does not keep re-using the same inode that might work.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-input-just-one-file-with-one-line-that-is-updated-every-5-minutes/294074/3 "2022-02-08T23:56:37Z")
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