# How to set filebeat to look into folder with current date.? **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [April 1, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-filebeat-to-look-into-folder-with-current-date/46076 "2016-04-01T15:25:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sdaruna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sdaruna/32/7289_2.png) [@sdaruna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sdaruna)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-filebeat-to-look-into-folder-with-current-date/46076/1 "2016-04-01T15:25:30Z")
I want to configure filebeat to look into folders with current date. Base Path: /user/srini/inputs/ For Eg: if current date is 01-01-2016, then it has to get files from below path. /user/srini/inputs/01-01-2016/\*.log If current date is 02-02-2016, then it has to get files from below path. /user/srini/inputs/02-02-2016/\*.log. Precisely, i want to set the filebeat to look for today's folder. How can i do that.? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-filebeat-to-look-into-folder-with-current-date/46076/2 "2016-04-02T18:52:20Z")
You can't. But you know that you can use wildcards for the directory part of the path too, right? /user/srini/inputs/_/_.log ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-filebeat-to-look-into-folder-with-current-date/46076/3 "2017-07-05T21:53:55Z")