Adding upstream version 1.34.4.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>

plugins/inputs/file/README.md

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+# File Input Plugin
+
+This plugin reads the __complete__ contents of the configured files in
+__every__ interval. The file content is split line-wise and parsed according to
+one of the supported [data formats][data_formats].
+
+> [!TIP]
+> If you wish to only process newly appended lines use the [tail][tail] input
+> plugin instead.
+
+⭐ Telegraf v1.8.0
+🏷️ system
+💻 all
+
+[data_formats]: /docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
+[tail]: /plugins/inputs/tail
+
+## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->
+
+In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
+additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
+modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
+See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
+
+[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md#plugins
+
+## Configuration
+
+```toml @sample.conf
+# Parse a complete file each interval
+[[inputs.file]]
+  ## Files to parse each interval.  Accept standard unix glob matching rules,
+  ## as well as ** to match recursive files and directories.
+  files = ["/tmp/metrics.out"]
+
+  ## Character encoding to use when interpreting the file contents.  Invalid
+  ## characters are replaced using the unicode replacement character.  When set
+  ## to the empty string the data is not decoded to text.
+  ##   ex: character_encoding = "utf-8"
+  ##       character_encoding = "utf-16le"
+  ##       character_encoding = "utf-16be"
+  ##       character_encoding = ""
+  # character_encoding = ""
+
+  ## Data format to consume.
+  ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ## more about them here:
+  ## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
+  data_format = "influx"
+
+  ## Please use caution when using the following options: when file name
+  ## variation is high, this can increase the cardinality significantly. Read
+  ## more about cardinality here:
+  ## https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/glossary/#series-cardinality
+
+  ## Name of tag to store the name of the file. Disabled if not set.
+  # file_tag = ""
+
+  ## Name of tag to store the absolute path and name of the file. Disabled if
+  ## not set.
+  # file_path_tag = ""
+```
+
+## Metrics
+
+The format of metrics produced by this plugin depends on the content and data
+format of the file.
+
+## Example Output