Issue on setting up Logstash

Hi Christian,

As specified in the blog post Practical introduction, placed test.config 6 testdata.log using nssm configured the logstash service - installed successfully but there is no output generated

Also while running logstash -f test.conf - getting same Oracle "" unexpected at this time.

Please help me to fix this issue. note that I am in initial level trying to test the log that exists in testdata.log to be display in the output file

test.conf
input {
file {
path => ["C:\elk\logstash\testdata.log"]
sincedb_path => "/dev/nul"
start_position => "beginning"
}
}

filter {
}

output {
stdout {
path => \my_output_text_file

codec => rubydebug

}
}

testdata.log
"Hello Logstash!”