# Logstash is not reading the last line if EOL character is not found
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-reading-the-last-line-if-eol-character-is-not-found/48992
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [May 2, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-reading-the-last-line-if-eol-character-is-not-found/48992 "2016-05-02T19:03:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@asureshkumaran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asureshkumaran)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-reading-the-last-line-if-eol-character-is-not-found/48992/1 "2016-05-02T19:03:57Z")
I noticed logstash is not reading the last line if EOL character is not present. Here is my configuration. Please help to resolve the issue.
input {
file {
path =\> "C:/temp/file/test/\*.txt"
start\_position =\> "beginning"
sincedb\_path =\> "C:/Users/null"
ignore\_older =\> 0
}
}
filter {
mutate {
gsub =\> [
"message", "[\r]", ""
]
}
}
output {
```
stdout {codec => rubydebug }
```
}
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### Author:  [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-reading-the-last-line-if-eol-character-is-not-found/48992/2 "2016-05-08T18:54:10Z")
Well, that's just how the file input works. It always waits for complete lines.
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### Author:  [@asureshkumaran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asureshkumaran)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2016, 12:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-reading-the-last-line-if-eol-character-is-not-found/48992/3 "2016-05-09T12:42:58Z")
Thanks magnusbaeck.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 4:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-reading-the-last-line-if-eol-character-is-not-found/48992/4 "2017-07-06T04:58:32Z")