# Logstash ignore\_older opposite

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-ignore-older-opposite/327279>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 8, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-ignore-older-opposite/327279 "2023-03-08T14:03:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-ignore-older-opposite/327279/2 "2023-03-08T14:13:47Z")

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You should set:

```auto
stat_interval => "1 hour"
discover_interval => 24

```

It's explained [here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-file-input-observation/37139) and [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-file.html#plugins-inputs-file-discover_interval)

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