# Is globbing not supported in S3 input plugin prefix?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-globbing-not-supported-in-s3-input-plugin-prefix/272443>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 7, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-globbing-not-supported-in-s3-input-plugin-prefix/272443 "2021-05-07T19:22:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![meatwad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/meatwad/32/36031_2.png) [@meatwad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/meatwad)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-globbing-not-supported-in-s3-input-plugin-prefix/272443/1 "2021-05-07T19:22:46Z")

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I've seen some mention of globbing not being supported in the S3 input plugin's prefix setting in threads from years ago but I just wanted to check in and see if that's still the case. At least it seems to be based on my testing but I didn't know if maybe I wasn't doing it right.

Thanks!

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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:** [May 7, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-globbing-not-supported-in-s3-input-plugin-prefix/272443/2 "2021-05-07T20:26:35Z")

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The [documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-s3.html#plugins-inputs-s3-prefix) explicitly says "not a regexp".

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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:** [June 4, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-globbing-not-supported-in-s3-input-plugin-prefix/272443/3 "2021-06-04T20:27:24Z")

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