# How logstash reads a log file from a subfolder

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-logstash-reads-a-log-file-from-a-subfolder/29042>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 10, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-logstash-reads-a-log-file-from-a-subfolder/29042 "2015-09-10T15:00:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![vikas\_gopal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vikas_gopal/32/47661_2.png) [@vikas\_gopal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vikas_gopal)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-logstash-reads-a-log-file-from-a-subfolder/29042/1 "2015-09-10T15:00:32Z")

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HI Experts,

My logs are placed in the following directory structure

logs/  
Cust1/2015/Sep-09/cisco.log  
.................  
.................  
...........  
Cust1/2015/Sep-10/cisco.log

Here log is the main directory then I have sub directories Cust1 , 2015, Sep-9 or Sep 10, then I have log.

Now what i want is to read the log files from all the dynamic sub folders , like from Sep-9, Sep-10.

Please suggest how I can achieve this

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-logstash-reads-a-log-file-from-a-subfolder/29042/2 "2015-09-10T16:12:09Z")

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Just use wildcards.

```
input {
  file {
    path => ["/path/to/logs/Cust1/*/*/cisco.log"]
  }
}
```

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**Author:** ![vikas\_gopal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vikas_gopal/32/47661_2.png) [@vikas\_gopal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vikas_gopal)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-logstash-reads-a-log-file-from-a-subfolder/29042/3 "2015-09-10T16:57:31Z")

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Thank You Mangnus,

It works..

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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 6, 2017, 5:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-logstash-reads-a-log-file-from-a-subfolder/29042/4 "2017-07-06T05:29:30Z")

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