# Rotating File Input Logstash
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rotating-file-input-logstash/347662
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [November 21, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rotating-file-input-logstash/347662 "2023-11-21T18:34:45Z")
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### Author:  [@hjsroldan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hjsroldan)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rotating-file-input-logstash/347662/1 "2023-11-21T18:34:45Z")
Hi,
Good day, I have this scenario where I have a rotating files picked up by Logstash. The .log file is the active file. If the file reaches a certain size it will rollover and create a new file with the format .log.\<+1\>. However, it seems like after the file rolls over, Logstash rereads again from the beginning of the file (although the file is rolled over and inactive)
Sample Log Rotation:
test.log
test.log.1
test.log.2
Note that we have set the ff:
start\_position = “end”
path = “O:/Documents/test/test.log”
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rotating-file-input-logstash/347662/2 "2023-12-19T18:35:25Z")
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