---
title: Override input settings
description: Behind the scenes, each module starts a Filebeat input. Advanced users can add or override any input settings. For example, you can set close_eof to true...
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/filebeat/advanced-settings
products:
  - Beats
  - Filebeat
applies_to:
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Override input settings
Behind the scenes, each module starts a Filebeat input. Advanced users can add or override any input settings. For example, you can set [close_eof](/docs/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-input-log#filebeat-input-log-close-eof) to `true` in the module configuration:
```yaml
- module: nginx
  access:
    input:
      close_eof: true
```

Or at the command line when you run Filebeat:
```sh
-M "nginx.access.input.close_eof=true"
```

You can use wildcards to change variables or settings for multiple modules/filesets at once. For example, you can enable `close_eof` for all the filesets in the `nginx` module:
```sh
-M "nginx.*.input.close_eof=true"
```

You can also enable `close_eof` for all inputs created by any of the modules:
```sh
-M "*.*.input.close_eof=true"
```