how to exclude .txt file in log directory from monitoring??

[saifuddin9122]

Hello,

i have log directory in which all files need to be monitored but i need to exclude file with .txt
am sure that i can do it with by mentioning black list

but the problem is my log file will be in abc.date.txt format.
can i use black list here if so can anyone let me know how??

Thanks in advance

[woodcock · Accepted solution]

Like this (inside the appropriate stanza inside of inputs.conf):

blacklist = \.\d+\.(txt)$

[saifuddin9122]

Thanks it worked.