# Filebeat supports binary log file input?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-supports-binary-log-file-input/90689
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [June 23, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-supports-binary-log-file-input/90689 "2017-06-23T23:54:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@filebeater](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/filebeater)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-supports-binary-log-file-input/90689/1 "2017-06-23T23:54:25Z")
Dear Filebeat team,
We set up Filebeat to tail local log files. I am wondering by any chance Filebeat supports binary file format or it needs to see "\n" as a deliminator for a new log message.
Thanks!
yan
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### Author:  [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2017, 11:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-supports-binary-log-file-input/90689/2 "2017-06-26T11:36:15Z")
filebeat requires the "\n", to split the file contents into lines/events.
Binary formats are currently not supported. Problem with binary formats is, they need to be parsed and can follow different standards/grammar -\> one can not parse binary content in a generic way, without knowing about the actual formatting.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2017, 11:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-supports-binary-log-file-input/90689/3 "2017-07-24T11:36:26Z")
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