# Wildcard directories

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-directories/225544>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [March 29, 2020, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-directories/225544 "2020-03-29T10:55:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mimimike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mimimike/32/60397_2.png) [@mimimike](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mimimike)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-directories/225544/1 "2020-03-29T10:55:45Z")

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Hi,

I want to process the logs of multiple directories with filebeat. This files are contained in a share folder. I do not understand why the path "\\share\folder\*.log" works well and the path "\\share\*\*.log" works wrong. The second path is handled as plain text and I do not understand it.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![ChrsMark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrsmark/32/55858_2.png) [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-directories/225544/2 "2020-03-30T09:02:22Z")

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Hi!

Could you have a look in the docs to understand how [`input-paths`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-input-log.html#input-paths) work and see if it can cover your case?

Thank you!

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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:** [April 27, 2020, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-directories/225544/3 "2020-04-27T09:02:28Z")

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