# Filebeat paths can't start with double dash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-paths-cant-start-with-double-dash/165918>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [January 27, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-paths-cant-start-with-double-dash/165918 "2019-01-27T20:50:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![SrHades](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/srhades/32/40271_2.png) [@SrHades](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SrHades)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-paths-cant-start-with-double-dash/165918/1 "2019-01-27T20:50:17Z")

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Hello,

I'm trying to configure my paths which are at \.........

At configuration I configure it as \\...\...\... but filebeat load it as .........

Here an image:

 ![](https://i.imgur.com/capIFtX.png)

And here the config loaded:

 ![](https://i.imgur.com/XoeVnvA.png)

Anyone guess what's happening here?

Thank you in advance.

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**Author:** ![Brett\_Larson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brett_larson/32/37700_2.png) [@Brett\_Larson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brett_Larson)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 4:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-paths-cant-start-with-double-dash/165918/2 "2019-01-29T04:48:04Z")

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I don't think you need the double slashes as indicated in your config.

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**Author:** ![SrHades](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/srhades/32/40271_2.png) [@SrHades](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SrHades)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-paths-cant-start-with-double-dash/165918/3 "2019-02-01T17:49:28Z")

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If not, it will print only 1, as you can see in the rest of paths.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-paths-cant-start-with-double-dash/165918/4 "2019-03-01T17:49:29Z")

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