# Fileinput - force parsing (don't wait for all the files to be discovered)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fileinput-force-parsing-dont-wait-for-all-the-files-to-be-discovered/224707>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 23, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fileinput-force-parsing-dont-wait-for-all-the-files-to-be-discovered/224707 "2020-03-23T18:08:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![sgreszcz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sgreszcz/32/46322_2.png) [@sgreszcz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sgreszcz)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fileinput-force-parsing-dont-wait-for-all-the-files-to-be-discovered/224707/1 "2020-03-23T18:08:32Z")

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Hi there, I'm using the logstash file input plugin to ingest many CSV files in a few directories.

Is there any way to force the input plugin to pass the files to the csv filter stage quicker? It seems as though the file input plugin wants to discover all the files, put them in sincedb before starting to parse them with the csv filer.

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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:** [April 20, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fileinput-force-parsing-dont-wait-for-all-the-files-to-be-discovered/224707/2 "2020-04-20T18:08:42Z")

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