# Difference in elasticsearch -f and elasticsearch **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 16, 2012, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-in-elasticsearch-f-and-elasticsearch/9037 "2012-09-16T07:33:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sumit\_Guptaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@Sumit\_Guptaa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sumit_Guptaa)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-in-elasticsearch-f-and-elasticsearch/9037/1 "2012-09-16T07:33:11Z")
Hi all, I am very much confused when the we start ES with elasticsearch -f and elasticsearch. Can Anybody tell me what is the adject difference between both of them.. Thanx Regards, Sumit Gupta ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 8:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-in-elasticsearch-f-and-elasticsearch/9037/2 "2012-09-16T08:19:26Z")
Without -f es is started in background. To stop it, you have to find its pid and kill the process. With -f, es is launched in foreground. You have only to type CTRL C to stop it. -- David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs Le 16 sept. 2012 à 09:33, Sumit Guptaa [sumit.gupta.ngi@gmail.com](mailto:sumit.gupta.ngi@gmail.com) a écrit : > Hi all, > > I am very much confused when the we start ES with elasticsearch -f and > elasticsearch. > > Can Anybody tell me what is the adject difference between both of them.. > > Thanx > > Regards, > Sumit Gupta > > -- > View this message in context: [http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/Difference-in-elasticsearch-f-and-elasticsearch-tp4022752.html](http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/Difference-in-elasticsearch-f-and-elasticsearch-tp4022752.html) > Sent from the Elasticsearch Users mailing list archive at [Nabble.com](http://Nabble.com). > > -- -- ---
**Author:** ![mcot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@mcot](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mcot)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-in-elasticsearch-f-and-elasticsearch/9037/3 "2012-09-16T14:31:05Z")
If using a \*nix machine, using -f with the screen program is really nice. The main benefit for -f to me is the log output to stdout versus having to tail a log file. -- ---
**Author:** ![Sumit\_Guptaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@Sumit\_Guptaa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sumit_Guptaa)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-in-elasticsearch-f-and-elasticsearch/9037/4 "2012-09-18T10:49:33Z")
Hi dadoonet Why elasticsearch -f is not working on ES 0.19.0 version? Thanx Regards, Sumit Gupta ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-in-elasticsearch-f-and-elasticsearch/9037/5 "2012-09-18T11:16:13Z")
I forgot to tell that it's under Linux. -f does not work with elasticsearch.bat (It's always launched in foreground). Are you talking about 0.19.0 or 0.19.x ? It works fine with 0.19.9. What is your concern? David. Le 18 septembre 2012 à 12:49, Sumit Guptaa [sumit.gupta.ngi@gmail.com](mailto:sumit.gupta.ngi@gmail.com) a écrit : > Hi dadoonet > > Why elasticsearch -f is not working on ES 0.19.0 version? > > Thanx > > Regards, > Sumit Gupta > > -- > View this message in context: > [http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/Difference-in-elasticsearch-f-and-elasticsearch-tp4022752p4022825.html](http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/Difference-in-elasticsearch-f-and-elasticsearch-tp4022752p4022825.html) > Sent from the Elasticsearch Users mailing list archive at [Nabble.com](http://Nabble.com). > > -- -- David Pilato [http://www.scrutmydocs.org/](http://www.scrutmydocs.org/) [http://dev.david.pilato.fr/](http://dev.david.pilato.fr/) Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs -- ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-in-elasticsearch-f-and-elasticsearch/9037/6 "2017-07-06T03:12:29Z")
Closed on July 6, 2017, 3:12am UTC