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Consider combining directory_monitor, file, tail plugins #11108

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@reimda

@Hipska noticed that there is functional overlap across these plugins. It might make sense to combine them in some way, either sharing code or consolidating functionality then deprecating/removing one or more of the plugins.

Plugin / Feature directory_monitor file tail
Read newly appeared files ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
Parsing line-by-line, complete-file complete-file line-by-line
Move/Remove file after parsing ✔️
Supports gzipped file ✔️

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