# File input not working in Windows
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-input-not-working-in-windows/27199
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [August 11, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-input-not-working-in-windows/27199 "2015-08-11T15:52:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@DavidL](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidL)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-input-not-working-in-windows/27199/1 "2015-08-11T15:52:48Z")
So I know this has been a bug, but it seems still is one now
I first tested everything on Mac it works just fine. but on Windows, this doesn't work.
file{ path=\>"Users/Desktop/logs/\*.txt"}
it won't read in anything.
but if I specify a file within the directory like following, it reads
file{ path=\> "Users/Desktop/logs/log1.txt"}
Any work around? Thanks a lot!!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 5:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-input-not-working-in-windows/27199/2 "2017-07-06T05:32:19Z")