# Configuring Input file on Windows to get Output in 2024

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-input-file-on-windows-to-get-output-in-2024/351839>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [January 25, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-input-file-on-windows-to-get-output-in-2024/351839 "2024-01-25T22:57:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Will\_J](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/will_j/32/131128_2.png) [@Will\_J](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Will_J)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-input-file-on-windows-to-get-output-in-2024/351839/1 "2024-01-25T22:57:44Z")

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I am trying a simple file input / output example. Using following conf file at the C:/logstash-8.11.3-windows-x86\_64/logstash-8.11.3/config/file-pipeline.conf

```auto
input {
    file {
        path => ["C:/logstash-8.11.3-windows-x86_64/logstash-8.11.3/logstash-tutorial-dataset.txt"]
        start_position => "beginning"
        ignore_older => 0  
    }
}
output {
    stdout {}
    file {
        path => "C:/output.txt"
    }
}

```

running as

```auto
C:\logstash-8.11.3-windows-x86_64\logstash-8.11.3>.\bin\logstash.bat -f config\file-pipeline.conf --debug --verbose

```

I have verified that the C:/logstash-8.11.3-windows-x86\_64/logstash-8.11.3/logstash-tutorial-dataset.txt exist.

However, no matter how I try. I am not seeing anything in the expected C:/output.txt file. What am I missing?

Below is what I see

```auto
[2024-01-25T22:55:07,492][INFO][logstash.codecs.jsonlines] ECS compatibility is enabled but `target` option was not specified. This may cause fields to be set at the top-level of the event where they are likely to clash with the Elastic Common Schema. It is recommended to set the `target` option to avoid potential schema conflicts (if your data is ECS compliant or non-conflicting, feel free to ignore this message)
[2024-01-25T22:55:07,514][INFO][logstash.javapipeline] Pipeline `main` is configured with `pipeline.ecs_compatibility: v8` setting. All plugins in this pipeline will default to `ecs_compatibility => v8` unless explicitly configured otherwise.
[2024-01-25T22:55:07,548][INFO][logstash.javapipeline][main] Starting pipeline {:pipeline_id=>"main", "pipeline.workers"=>4, "pipeline.batch.size"=>125, "pipeline.batch.delay"=>50, "pipeline.max_inflight"=>500, "pipeline.sources"=>["C:/logstash-8.11.3-windows-x86_64/logstash-8.11.3/config/file-pipeline.conf"], :thread=>"#<Thread:0x5e723db3 C:/logstash-8.11.3-windows-x86_64/logstash-8.11.3/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:134 run>"}
[2024-01-25T22:55:08,183][INFO][logstash.javapipeline][main] Pipeline Java execution initialization time {"seconds"=>0.63}
[2024-01-25T22:55:08,198][INFO][logstash.inputs.file][main] No sincedb_path set, generating one based on the "path" setting {:sincedb_path=>"C:/logstash-8.11.3-windows-x86_64/logstash-8.11.3/data/plugins/inputs/file/.sincedb_9ce64e16f0fb3d7c0a02a88e872cfdfd", :path=>["C:/logstash-8.11.3-windows-x86_64/logstash-8.11.3/logstash-tutorial-dataset.txt"]}
[2024-01-25T22:55:08,201][INFO][logstash.javapipeline][main] Pipeline started {"pipeline.id"=>"main"}
[2024-01-25T22:55:08,221][INFO][filewatch.observingtail][main][4d54d35412a212527381f3b4bf324aee77aa50c813451870a27852af4c3f2a90] START, creating Discoverer, Watch with file and sincedb collections
[2024-01-25T22:55:08,232][INFO][logstash.agent] Pipelines running {:count=>1, :running_pipelines=>[:main], :non_running_pipelines=>[]}

```

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-input-file-on-windows-to-get-output-in-2024/351839/2 "2024-01-25T23:04:14Z")

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> [@Will\_J](#):
>
> What am I missing?

See [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-runs-and-does-nothing/269932/2) thread.

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**Author:** ![Will\_J](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/will_j/32/131128_2.png) [@Will\_J](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Will_J)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-input-file-on-windows-to-get-output-in-2024/351839/3 "2024-01-25T23:10:18Z")

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Thanks. It looks like understanding **ignore\_older** solved 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 22, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-input-file-on-windows-to-get-output-in-2024/351839/4 "2024-02-22T23:10:27Z")

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