# Filebeat 6.2.2 doesn't harvest .txt files! **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [March 5, 2018, 8:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-2-2-doesnt-harvest-txt-files/122457 "2018-03-05T08:28:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ilia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ilia/32/60042_2.png) [@Ilia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ilia)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 8:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-2-2-doesnt-harvest-txt-files/122457/1 "2018-03-05T08:28:22Z")
I'm trying to ship `tomcat` access logs using filebeat. The problem is that filebeat doesn't read log messages. I've tested many things and finally found out the problem is caused by the files suffix!!! ``` - type: log enabled: true paths: - C:\foo\bar\localhost_access_log.2018-04-30.txt ``` When I change the suffix to `.log` filebeat ships messages. I know this sounds silly but really what is happen!!! Any thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-2-2-doesnt-harvest-txt-files/122457/2 "2018-03-11T13:13:46Z")
The file suffix should not have any effect as filebeat does not do anyhting with it. Could you enable debug logging and share the output when you run it with `.txt`? I assume you renamed it in the config and the file itself. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-2-2-doesnt-harvest-txt-files/122457/3 "2018-04-08T13:14:26Z")
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