# Logstash cmd error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cmd-error/173431>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 22, 2019, 6:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cmd-error/173431 "2019-03-22T06:40:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![RoWesley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rowesley/32/42560_2.png) [@RoWesley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RoWesley)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 6:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cmd-error/173431/1 "2019-03-22T06:40:40Z")

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Trying to run the logstash command getting an below error, please suggest

C:\Users\Priyesh.Chourasia\Desktop\ElasticSearch\logstash-6.5.2\bin\>logstash -e  
"input { stdin { } } output { stdout {} }"  
Sending Logstash logs to C:/Users/Priyesh.Chourasia/Desktop/ElasticSearch/logsta  
sh-6.5.2/logs which is now configured via log4j2.properties  
[2019-03-22T12:05:48,290][WARN][logstash.config.source.multilocal] Ignoring the  
'pipelines.yml' file because modules or command line options are specified  
[2019-03-22T12:05:48,306][INFO][logstash.runner] Starting Logstash {"  
logstash.version"=\>"6.5.2"}  
[2019-03-22T12:05:49,024][ERROR][logstash.agent] Failed to execute ac  
tion {:action=\>LogStash::PipelineAction::Create/pipeline\_id:main, :exception=\>"J  
ava::JavaLang::NoSuchMethodError", :message=\>"org.apache.commons.codec.binary.He  
x.encodeHexString([B)Ljava/lang/String;", :backtrace=\>["org.logstash.execution.A bstractPipelineExt.initialize(AbstractPipelineExt.java:124)", "org.logstash.exec ution.AbstractPipelineExt$INVOKER$i$3$0$initialize.call(AbstractPipelineExt$INVO KER$i$3$0$initialize.gen)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.JavaMethod$JavaM ethodThree.call(JavaMethod.java:1186)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.Java Method$JavaMethodN.call(JavaMethod.java:743)", "org.jruby.ir.runtime.IRRuntimeHe lpers.instanceSuper(IRRuntimeHelpers.java:983)", "org.jruby.ir.runtime.IRRuntime Helpers.instanceSuperSplatArgs(IRRuntimeHelpers.java:974)", "org.jruby.ir.target s.InstanceSuperInvokeSite.invoke(InstanceSuperInvokeSite.java:39)", "C\_3a\_.Users .Priyesh\_dot\_Chourasia.Desktop.ElasticSearch.logstash\_minus\_6\_dot\_5\_dot\_2.logsta sh\_minus\_core.lib.logstash.pipeline.RUBY$method$initialize$0(C:/Users/Priyesh.Ch ourasia/Desktop/ElasticSearch/logstash-6.5.2/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline .rb:22)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.CompiledIRMethod.call(CompiledIRMe thod.java:77)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.MixedModeIRMethod.call(Mixed ModeIRMethod.java:93)", "org.jruby.ir.runtime.IRRuntimeHelpers.instanceSuper(IRR untimeHelpers.java:983)", "org.jruby.ir.runtime.IRRuntimeHelpers.instanceSuperSp latArgs(IRRuntimeHelpers.java:974)", "org.jruby.ir.targets.InstanceSuperInvokeSi te.invoke(InstanceSuperInvokeSite.java:39)", "C\_3a\_.Users.Priyesh\_dot\_Chourasia. 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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:** [April 19, 2019, 6:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cmd-error/173431/2 "2019-04-19T06:40:43Z")

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