# How to parse few XML files with different number of tags in different files using Logstash?

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**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 15, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-parse-few-xml-files-with-different-number-of-tags-in-different-files-using-logstash/228156 "2020-04-15T15:34:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-parse-few-xml-files-with-different-number-of-tags-in-different-files-using-logstash/228156/2 "2020-04-15T15:43:31Z")

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I would use a pattern that never matches so that you can consume the entire file as a single event. See [here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-xml-filter-not-working-properly/176758/10) for an example.

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