# Process downloaded log files

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/process-downloaded-log-files/180948>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 14, 2019, 8:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/process-downloaded-log-files/180948 "2019-05-14T08:12:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/process-downloaded-log-files/180948/5 "2019-05-14T20:44:11Z")

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If you have files that match the pattern "/local/kdmlogs/\*/\*/\*" but that do not have filenames that match "\*.s3logs" then you should see them being read and added to "/local/metric/files\_processed".

Is it possible you meant "/local/kdmlogs/\*\*/\*" (i.e. a recursive descent)?

If you still do not get anything enable log.level trace (through either the command line, logstash.yml, or specifically for filewatch as described in [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-6-5-0-stops-shipping-logs-to-es/175477/5) post).

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