# Move file after its been indexed

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/move-file-after-its-been-indexed/189210>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 6, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/move-file-after-its-been-indexed/189210 "2019-07-06T14:52:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![OpSecMonkey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/opsecmonkey/32/46110_2.png) [@OpSecMonkey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/OpSecMonkey)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/move-file-after-its-been-indexed/189210/1 "2019-07-06T14:52:34Z")

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I was wondering in the conf if there is something I can add that auto moves a file to a different folder after its been read.

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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:** [July 6, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/move-file-after-its-been-indexed/189210/2 "2019-07-06T15:58:17Z")

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Not with a file input. There is an [issue](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-file/issues/191) tracking this. (The s3 input can do it.)

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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:** [August 3, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/move-file-after-its-been-indexed/189210/3 "2019-08-03T15:58:18Z")

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