How to scan log files

[cppandey80]

I have log files which are in below format , I would like to scan them.
When one logs reached to its size limit then new log file is created.

console_Server1_1.log
console_Server1_2.log
console_Server1_3.log
console_Server1_4.log
console_Server1_n.log

On Other servers these files are like

console_Server2_1.log
console_Server2_2.log
console_Server2_3.log
console_Server2_4.log
console_Server2_n.log

but in the same folder, there are other files too, which I don't like to scan.
e.g.

console_server1_2016_08_19@23_11_32.log

Any leads?

[TStrauch]

Hi cppandey80,

in the monitor stanza of your inputs.conf you can use Regular Expressions and Wildcards, for defining file paths.

Just take a look at this and i think you will find your solution.

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.4.3/Data/Specifyinputpathswithwildcards

regards