# Csv filter ConfigurationError logstash 6.2.2

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/csv-filter-configurationerror-logstash-6-2-2/124761>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 20, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/csv-filter-configurationerror-logstash-6-2-2/124761 "2018-03-20T12:41:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Basem\_Mohammed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/basem_mohammed/32/13234_2.png) [@Basem\_Mohammed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Basem_Mohammed)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/csv-filter-configurationerror-logstash-6-2-2/124761/1 "2018-03-20T12:41:02Z")

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I am trying to use the CSV filter to read csv file.  
First of all, I used an input file plug-in to read the file.  
Then, I used CSV to add columns. But I got a very strange error message in the character that follows the CSV filter name which is "{". Even when I tried to use an empty filter like "csv{}" I got the same error ☹  
Could you please advice...?

Here is the configuration file:

```
file {

path => "/tmp/test-1.csv"
start_position => "beginning"
tags => ["history"]

}

filter
{

  csv {
           columns => ["lt.si","lt.dm","lt.px","lt.py","lt.pz","lt.sc","lt.as","lt.ap","lt.pn","lt.po","lt.am","lt.ar","lt.apMac","lt.bi","lt.lh","lt.mp","lt.la","lt.lo","lt.created_at"]

     }

}

output
{
     elasticsearch {
                    user => elastic
                    password =>xxxxxx 
               }
}

```

Here is the error message:

[2018-03-20T09:35:33,719][INFO][logstash.runner] Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=\>"6.2.2"}  
[2018-03-20T09:35:33,785][INFO][logstash.agent] Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=\>9600}  
[2018-03-20T09:35:33,807][ERROR][logstash.agent] Failed to execute action {:action=\>LogStash::PipelineAction::Create/pipeline\_id:main, :exception=\>"LogStash::ConfigurationError", :message=\>"Expected one of #, =\> at line 13, column 9 (byte 143) after input\n{\n\nfile {\n path =\> "/tmp/test-1.csv"\n start\_position =\> "beginning"\n tags =\> ["history"]\n type =\> "xps"\n}\n\nfilter\n{\n csv ", :backtrace=\>["/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:42:in `compile_imperative'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:50:in`compile\_graph'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:12:in `block in compile_sources'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:2486:in`map'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:11:in `compile_sources'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:51:in`initialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:169:in `initialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline_action/create.rb:40:in`execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:315:in `block in converge_state'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:141:in`with\_pipelines'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:312:in `block in converge_state'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1734:in`each'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:299:in `converge_state'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:166:in`block in converge\_state\_and\_update'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:141:in `with_pipelines'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:164:in`converge\_state\_and\_update'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:90:in `execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:348:in`block in execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/stud-0.0.23/lib/stud/task.rb:24:in `block in initialize'"]}

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**Author:** ![Basem\_Mohammed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/basem_mohammed/32/13234_2.png) [@Basem\_Mohammed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Basem_Mohammed)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/csv-filter-configurationerror-logstash-6-2-2/124761/2 "2018-03-20T15:31:27Z")

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I got it.. thanks

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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:** [April 17, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/csv-filter-configurationerror-logstash-6-2-2/124761/3 "2018-04-17T15:31:45Z")

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