# Exec input

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exec-input/290463
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [November 29, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exec-input/290463 "2021-11-29T16:37:52Z")
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### Author: ![lnunez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@lnunez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lnunez)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exec-input/290463/1 "2021-11-29T16:37:52Z")

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Hi everyone,

Just to keep the consistency between the input, I realized that is not possible to just execute manually a pipeline with an exec input without a schedule definition. This is allowed using the JDBC input or others.  
This is needed if we would like to test a pipeline with just one execution.

Thanks in advance.  
Regards,  
Luis

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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: [November 29, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exec-input/290463/2 "2021-11-29T16:54:47Z")

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You don't have to use a cron style schedule, have you tried "at now"?

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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: [December 27, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exec-input/290463/3 "2021-12-27T16:55:47Z")

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