# Giving WinSCP log file as input to filebeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/giving-winscp-log-file-as-input-to-filebeat/90034>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [June 20, 2017, 5:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/giving-winscp-log-file-as-input-to-filebeat/90034 "2017-06-20T05:41:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![nmane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@nmane](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nmane)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2017, 5:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/giving-winscp-log-file-as-input-to-filebeat/90034/1 "2017-06-20T05:41:01Z")

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I want to give log file from WinSCP as input to Filebeat. Is it possible? If yes, how do I do it?

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**Author:** ![nmane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@nmane](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nmane)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 5:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/giving-winscp-log-file-as-input-to-filebeat/90034/2 "2017-06-22T05:36:16Z")

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Can we not do that?

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**Author:** ![exekias](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/exekias/32/28718_2.png) [@exekias](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/exekias)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 10:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/giving-winscp-log-file-as-input-to-filebeat/90034/3 "2017-06-22T10:08:02Z")

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Hi @nmane,

I'm not sure I understand, do you want filebeat to send WinSCP log output or you want to send a file from a remote system (that you access with WinSCP)?

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**Author:** ![nmane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@nmane](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nmane)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 10:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/giving-winscp-log-file-as-input-to-filebeat/90034/4 "2017-06-22T10:20:32Z")

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I want to send a file from remote system to filebeat.

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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:** [July 20, 2017, 10:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/giving-winscp-log-file-as-input-to-filebeat/90034/5 "2017-07-20T10:20:45Z")

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