# Cannot do command to debug in logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-do-command-to-debug-in-logstash/260259>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [January 5, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-do-command-to-debug-in-logstash/260259 "2021-01-05T21:39:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falikou1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/74df32/32.png) [@Falikou1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Falikou1)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-do-command-to-debug-in-logstash/260259/1 "2021-01-05T21:39:39Z")

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I can no longer make the following command:  
tail -f /var/log/logstash/logstash-plain.log

I checked in / var / log / logstash /  
logstash-plain.log file no longer exists

How can I fix this problem?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-do-command-to-debug-in-logstash/260259/2 "2021-02-02T21:39:39Z")

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