# Trigger event when file is closed in file-output plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trigger-event-when-file-is-closed-in-file-output-plugin/251870>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 13, 2020, 9:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trigger-event-when-file-is-closed-in-file-output-plugin/251870 "2020-10-13T09:06:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![yogevyuval](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yogevyuval/32/76145_2.png) [@yogevyuval](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yogevyuval)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 9:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trigger-event-when-file-is-closed-in-file-output-plugin/251870/1 "2020-10-13T09:06:51Z")

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Hi,  
Is it possible to get some kind of an event/trigger/code execution every time the file-output plugin closes a file?  
The use case is that I want some processing to happen after every file is created, and I was wondering if I could use logstash for that trigger, or do I have to implement watching this directory on my own

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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:** [November 10, 2020, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trigger-event-when-file-is-closed-in-file-output-plugin/251870/2 "2020-11-10T09:07:12Z")

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