# Filebeat wildcard drectory

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-wildcard-drectory/72113>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [January 19, 2017, 5:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-wildcard-drectory/72113 "2017-01-19T05:10:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![rai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/67e7ee/32.png) [@rai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rai)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 5:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-wildcard-drectory/72113/1 "2017-01-19T05:10:02Z")

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It looks like filebeat does not support wildcards in directories like this:

/opt/cloudera/yarn/_/_/yarn.log

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-wildcard-drectory/72113/2 "2017-01-19T09:45:02Z")

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Have a look at [https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/2084](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/2084)

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**Author:** ![rai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/67e7ee/32.png) [@rai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rai)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-wildcard-drectory/72113/3 "2017-01-19T15:49:06Z")

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It means it doesn't support multiple wild directory yet.  
Can you please guide me what type of regx should I use for following path match.

/opt/cloudera/yarn/container-logs/application\_1234\_007/container\_e53\_234\_073\_01\_01

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-wildcard-drectory/72113/4 "2017-01-23T08:18:38Z")

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There is no simple solution for the above yet. One solution is to use multiple prospectors.

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**Author:** ![rai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/67e7ee/32.png) [@rai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rai)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-wildcard-drectory/72113/5 "2017-02-03T20:29:15Z")

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thank you for your response. I will go for multiple prospectors.

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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:** [February 9, 2017, 5:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-wildcard-drectory/72113/6 "2017-02-09T05:10:04Z")

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