# Reading compressed files with Logstash **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [August 17, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reading-compressed-files-with-logstash/27508 "2015-08-17T14:08:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![simonrisberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/simonrisberg/32/3513_2.png) [@simonrisberg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/simonrisberg)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reading-compressed-files-with-logstash/27508/1 "2015-08-17T14:08:40Z")
Hello! I'm wondering if it's possible in anyway to read compressed files with logstash. Because the log files I'm trying to read are about 24GB per file. This takes up to much space. Best regards! ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reading-compressed-files-with-logstash/27508/2 "2015-08-17T14:12:43Z")
This isn't possible with Logstash's file input (see [github.com/elastic/logstash issue #1817](https://github.com/elastic/logstash/issues/1817)). You could however pipe the output of gunzip to Logstash if you use the stdin input but if either program shuts down prematurely you won't be able to resume. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reading-compressed-files-with-logstash/27508/3 "2017-07-06T05:31:47Z")