telegraf/plugins/inputs/file/README.md

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# File Input Plugin
The file plugin updates a list of files every interval and parses the contents
using the selected [input data format](/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md).
Files will always be read in their entirety, if you wish to tail/follow a file
use the [tail input plugin](/plugins/inputs/tail) instead.
### Configuration:
```toml
[[inputs.file]]
## Files to parse each interval.
## These accept standard unix glob matching rules, but with the addition of
## ** as a "super asterisk". ie:
## /var/log/**.log -> recursively find all .log files in /var/log
## /var/log/*/*.log -> find all .log files with a parent dir in /var/log
## /var/log/apache.log -> only tail the apache log file
files = ["/var/log/apache/access.log"]
## Data format to consume.
## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
## more about them here:
## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
data_format = "influx"
```