# How to give hidden file path in input.conf for file input plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-give-hidden-file-path-in-input-conf-for-file-input-plugin/280617>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 6, 2021, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-give-hidden-file-path-in-input-conf-for-file-input-plugin/280617 "2021-08-06T07:04:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![priyankab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4491bb/32.png) [@priyankab](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/priyankab)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-give-hidden-file-path-in-input-conf-for-file-input-plugin/280617/1 "2021-08-06T07:04:26Z")

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input{  
file {  
exclude =\> "\*.gz"  
path =\> "/home/abc/work/.productLogs/.auditLogs/.auditLog"  
type =\> "audit"  
start\_position =\> "beginning"  
sincedb\_path =\> "/dev/null"  
stat\_interval =\> 5  
ignore\_older =\> 0  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![talbehat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/talbehat/32/84367_2.png) [@talbehat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/talbehat)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 2:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-give-hidden-file-path-in-input-conf-for-file-input-plugin/280617/2 "2021-08-07T02:19:50Z")

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how to read logs from hidden files in logstash?

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-give-hidden-file-path-in-input-conf-for-file-input-plugin/280617/3 "2021-08-07T03:02:00Z")

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> [@priyankab](#):
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> ignore\_older =\> 0

In filebeat, setting ignore\_older to zero turns off age based filtering.

In logstash, setting ignore\_older to zero ignores any files more than zero second old, which is all files.

Since your path option is not a wildcard, the exclude option is harmless, but will be effectively ignored.

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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:** [September 4, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-give-hidden-file-path-in-input-conf-for-file-input-plugin/280617/4 "2021-09-04T03:02:22Z")

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