@robscott27 You are awesome!!!!!
I followed your example for the nginx config file at
/usr/share/filebeat/module/nginx/access/config/nginx-access.yml
Added this last line to the bottom
type: log
paths:
{{ range $i, $path := .paths }}
- {{$path}}
{{ end }}
exclude_files: [".gz$"]
exclude_lines: ['.*feedback.*']
And now it works as expected!!!! Thank you so much!! Wish I would have found that post earlier! Have been beating my head against the wall for days.