# Filebeat CEL Input Type - FIle Options
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-cel-input-type-file-options/350812
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 11, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-cel-input-type-file-options/350812 "2024-01-11T03:27:23Z")
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### Author:  [@bigdaddy0918](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bigdaddy0918)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-cel-input-type-file-options/350812/1 "2024-01-11T03:27:23Z")
I'm using a CEL type input in Filebeat. Currently the filebeat.yml file points at a specific directory/file.
What is the syntax to wildcard a portion of the file? (i.e. for the parameter
resource.url: file:///home/directory/subdirectory1/subdirectory2/file.name
how can I specify
resource.url: file:///home/directory/\*/subdirectory2/file.name
in the filebeat.yml file?
Marty Pacocha
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### Author:  [@yago82](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yago82)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2024, 9:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-cel-input-type-file-options/350812/2 "2024-01-13T09:35:08Z")
> [@bigdaddy0918](#):
>
> I'm using a CEL type input in Filebeat. Currently the filebeat.yml file points at a specific directory/file.
>
> What is the syntax to wildcard a portion of the file? (i.e. for the parameter
> resource.url: file:///home/directory/subdirectory1/subdirectory2/file.name
>
> how can I specify
> resource.url: file:///home/directory/\*/subdirectory2/file.name
>
> in the filebeat.yml file?
>
> Marty Pacocha
Hi,
you can use wildcards in the paths to specify multiple files. However, the wildcard (\*) can only be used to match files in a directory, not directories themselves.
if you want to match files in multiple directories, you will need to specify each directory separately. For example:
```auto
filebeat.inputs:
- type: log
enabled: true
paths:
- /home/directory/subdirectory1/subdirectory/*.log
- /home/directory/subdirectory3/subdirectory/*.log
```
Regards
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### Author:  [@bigdaddy0918](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bigdaddy0918)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-cel-input-type-file-options/350812/3 "2024-01-15T19:40:12Z")
We are successfully using wildcards in directories in other Filebeat inputs. The difference between those instances and this one is that for the successful instance we use the keyword _paths_, but for CEL we need to use the keyword _resource_.
I'm trying to figure out is whether we can use wildcards for the _resource_ keyword or not.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-cel-input-type-file-options/350812/4 "2024-02-12T19:40:34Z")
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