# Filebeat do not see file updates after a while

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-do-not-see-file-updates-after-a-while/34914
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [November 18, 2015, 10:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-do-not-see-file-updates-after-a-while/34914 "2015-11-18T10:08:52Z")
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### Author: ![prakashkumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b5ac83/32.png) [@prakashkumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prakashkumar)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2016, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-do-not-see-file-updates-after-a-while/34914/33 "2016-05-26T07:21:43Z")

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Hi,  
will you help me on my topic?

> [@One file come five times in output](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/one-file-come-five-times-in-output/50938):
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> HI, I have 10 log files in folder. And i get output: 2016/05/25 12:53:11.061273 output.go:87: DBG output worker: publish 38 events 2016/05/25 12:53:11.267406 publish.go:104: INFO Events sent: 38 2016/05/25 12:53:11.268415 registrar.go:157: INFO Registry file updated. 10 states written. 38 events are send to log stash. and logstash output to elastic search: "hits": { "total": 42, "max\_score": 1 } But it has to be send 10 log file because i am having only 10 log file in a folder.why i…

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