# \-e option not working in windows

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/e-option-not-working-in-windows/191791>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 23, 2019, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/e-option-not-working-in-windows/191791 "2019-07-23T10:55:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![varunjithtk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c68b51/32.png) [@varunjithtk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/varunjithtk)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/e-option-not-working-in-windows/191791/1 "2019-07-23T10:55:27Z")

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New to elastic. Noted that following the steps mentioned in , command " bin/logstash -e 'input { stdin { } } output { stdout {} }'" doesnt work in windows.  
When I created a conf files with 'input { stdin { } } output { stdout {} } and ran logstash -f conffile.conf it worked.

version logstash-7.2.0

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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:** [August 20, 2019, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/e-option-not-working-in-windows/191791/2 "2019-08-20T10:55:37Z")

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