# tFileStreamInputPositional

Listens on a given directory for new files, reads data from them row by row and extracts fields based on a specific pattern.

For more technologies supported by Talend, see [Talend components](https://help.qlik.com/talend/r/en-US/7.3/components/positional).

### In this section

* [tFileStreamInputPositional properties for Apache Spark Streaming](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/7.3/positional/tfilestreaminputpositional-properties-for-apache-spark-streaming)