# Error in logstash plain file

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-logstash-plain-file/320624>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 6, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-logstash-plain-file/320624 "2022-12-06T21:49:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-logstash-plain-file/320624/4 "2022-12-07T00:43:57Z")

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> [@michaeljsamuel](#):
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> `path => "C:\Logs\logstashtest.txt"`

Try changing the \ to /. Last time I checked \ was treated as an escape, so it is waiting for something to be written to `C:Logslogsstashtest.txt`.

If that does not help set --log.level trace and looks for messages from the filewatch module. [This thread](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-reading-from-file-input/166180/14) shows what filewatch traces look like.

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