# How to give multiple files in different paths as input to logstash **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [April 15, 2020, 11:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-give-multiple-files-in-different-paths-as-input-to-logstash/228094 "2020-04-15T11:04:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![poddraj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5fc32e/32.png) [@poddraj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/poddraj)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 11:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-give-multiple-files-in-different-paths-as-input-to-logstash/228094/1 "2020-04-15T11:04:33Z")
Hi All, I have a scenario where two log files are in different directory paths but the log structure of them is same. I want to pass both of them as input files in a single config file so that the filter in it will parse the logs. Can someone please suggest the syntax to pass more than 1 log file as input in logstash. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-give-multiple-files-in-different-paths-as-input-to-logstash/228094/2 "2020-04-15T14:35:28Z")
For a file input you can pass it an [array of paths](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/7.6/configuration-file-structure.html#list). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-give-multiple-files-in-different-paths-as-input-to-logstash/228094/3 "2020-05-13T14:35:30Z")
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