# File input not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-input-not-working/159016>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 1, 2018, 11:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-input-not-working/159016 "2018-12-01T23:10:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 9:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-input-not-working/159016/7 "2018-12-05T09:53:31Z")

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Hello,  
Make sure to change the path from  
path =\> "C:\logstash-6.4.2\files\*.csv"

to

path =\> "C:/logstash-6.4.2/files\*.csv"

Hope this helps you,

> [@Load csv file in logstash](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-csv-file-in-logstash/151319/3):
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> Thanks for reply,hope this works fine, input { file { path =\> "D:/Balu/ELK-stack/csvfile.csv" start\_position =\> "beginning" sincedb\_path =\> "NUL" } } filter { csv { separator =\> "," columns =\> ["open","high","low","close","volume"] } } output { elasticsearch { hosts =\> "[http://localhost:9200](http://localhost:9200)" index =\> "wallet-address-index" } stdout { codec =\> rubydebug } }

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