# How to parse .gz (compressed file) using logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-parse-gz-compressed-file-using-logstash/105950>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 31, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-parse-gz-compressed-file-using-logstash/105950 "2017-10-31T20:20:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![nikhilsangvikar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@nikhilsangvikar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nikhilsangvikar)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 8:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-parse-gz-compressed-file-using-logstash/105950/2 "2017-11-03T08:50:51Z")

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No you can't. You will have to do that manually.

Here: [magnusbaeck's reply on Can Logstash process archived data in the .tar.gz format?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-logstash-process-archived-data-in-the-tar-gz-format/91029/2)

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