needParse¶

Forces messages to pass through configured parser modules.

This parameter applies to imfile: Text File Input Module.

Name:: needParse
Scope:: input
Type:: boolean
Default:: off
Required?:: no
Introduced:: 8.1903.0

Description¶

By default, read messages are sent to output modules without passing through parsers. Setting needParse to on makes rsyslog apply any defined parser modules to these messages.

Input usage¶

input(type="imfile" needParse="on")

Notes¶

Legacy documentation used the term binary for the type. It is treated as boolean.

See also¶

See also imfile: Text File Input Module.

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