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    What does the double asterisk(**) mean in the path?

There's two meaning of wildcards in paths for file collections.

* is a simple, non-recursive wildcard representing zero or more characters which you can use for paths and file names.
** is a recursive wildcard which can only be used with paths, not file names.

For examples,

/var/log/** will match all files in /var/log and all files in all child directories, recursively.
/var/log/**/*.log will match all files whose names end in .log in /var/log and all files in all child directories, recursively.
/home/*/.bashrc will match all .bashrc files in all user's home directories.
/home/*/.ssh/**/*.key will match all files ending in .key in all user's .ssh directories in all user's home directories.

Reference


https://help.sumologic.com/03Send-Data/Sources/04Reference-Information-for-Sources/Using-Wildcards-in-Paths#specifying-paths-to-collect-from