Logstash not reading files changes

[Sergioc (sergio Cabrera)]

I have Logstash installed and im reading a file that is remote and also i have created a pipeline for a local file. I was thinking at the beginning that the issue was the remote file but the local one is not read at all either.
I should be missing something.

my pipelines.yml config is like this

- pipeline.id: frontdesk
  config.string: |
    input { file {
       path => "\\palace-dev\wwwroot\PalsoftWebApi\file.log"
       start_position => beginning 
       
    
    } }
    filter {
       # Weblog filter statements here...
    }
    output {
     stdout {}
       elasticsearch {
            hosts => [ "http://sc-elk-01:9200" ]            
            index => "frontdesklog-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
        }
    }
    
  
  
- pipeline.id: logstash
  config.string: |
    input { file {
       path => "D:\ElasticSearch\logstash\logs\logstash-plain.log"
       start_position => beginning 
       
    
    } }
    filter {
       # Weblog filter statements here...
    }
    output {
     stdout {}
       elasticsearch {
            hosts => [ "http://sc-elk-01:9200" ]            
            index => "logtashssss-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
        }
    }

and the log in logtash at the end have this.
> [2019-09-12T13:59:18,492][INFO ][logstash.javapipeline ] Pipeline started {"pipeline.id"=>"logstash"}

[2019-09-12T13:59:18,498][INFO ][logstash.javapipeline    ] Pipeline started {"pipeline.id"=>"frontdesk"}
[2019-09-12T13:59:18,607][INFO ][logstash.agent           ] Pipelines running {:count=>2, :running_pipelines=>[:frontdesk, :logstash], :non_running_pipelines=>[]}
[2019-09-12T13:59:18,634][INFO ][filewatch.observingtail  ] START, creating Discoverer, Watch with file and sincedb collections
[2019-09-12T13:59:18,643][INFO ][filewatch.observingtail  ] START, creating Discoverer, Watch with file and sincedb collections
[2019-09-12T13:59:19,431][INFO ][logstash.agent           ] Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=>9600}

so I'm assuming config is fine. but nothing is printed in the console and nothing is sent to elastic.

any help will be really appreciated.

Thank you

[Badger]

Do not use backslash in the path option of a file input, use forward slash.

[Sergioc (sergio Cabrera)]

Thank you, yes it works with the forward slash. Thanks