# Logstash ignores lines of a Logfile when file is moved or copied
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-ignores-lines-of-a-logfile-when-file-is-moved-or-copied/99863
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [September 8, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-ignores-lines-of-a-logfile-when-file-is-moved-or-copied/99863 "2017-09-08T14:21:05Z")
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### Author:  [@TWalter](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TWalter)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-ignores-lines-of-a-logfile-when-file-is-moved-or-copied/99863/1 "2017-09-08T14:21:05Z")
Hello there,
i have the following problem with Logstash now.
A internal service copies several logfiles from a source folder to the destination folder where logstash, where logstash listens via the input plugin.
This is the configuration (simple):
input {
file {
type =\> "type1"
path =\> ['path/to/file']
}
}
When i watch the output of logstash, i can see, that there are a lot of lines missing. This behaviour is very strange.
I tried to simulate this behaviour manually:
- I wrote a simple logfile with 6 lines of logs.
- Then I copied it into the listening directory (where the input plugin listens)
- The output of Logstash was only an empty JSON-Object and a JSON-Object with the last line of the logfile.
Does anyone know where this behaviour comes from and how i can solve the problem?
Thanks 😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-ignores-lines-of-a-logfile-when-file-is-moved-or-copied/99863/2 "2017-10-06T14:21:14Z")
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