# Logstash not reading my file, no sincedb file being created either

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-reading-my-file-no-sincedb-file-being-created-either/52363>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 9, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-reading-my-file-no-sincedb-file-being-created-either/52363 "2016-06-09T17:53:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rohan\_Tirumale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Rohan\_Tirumale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rohan_Tirumale)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-reading-my-file-no-sincedb-file-being-created-either/52363/1 "2016-06-09T17:53:33Z")

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I am using logstash 2.0 and this is my config file. For some reason the file isnt being read, but I am able to feed it an input using stdin, for which it shows me a result.

input {  
file{  
path =\> "/home/finalelkcut/logs/t2.log"  
sincedb\_path =\> "/home/finalelkcut/logs/.sincedb\*"  
start\_position =\> "beginning"  
}  
stdin{}  
}

filter{  
grok{  
match =\> { "message" =\> "%{COMBINEDAPACHELOG}" }  
}  
date {  
match =\> ["timestamp" , "dd/MMM/yyyy:HH:mm:ss Z"]  
}

}  
output {  
stdout{ codec =\> rubydebug}  
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> "10.61.157.79:9200"

```
                           }

```

}

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-reading-my-file-no-sincedb-file-being-created-either/52363/2 "2016-06-14T18:26:32Z")

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If the input file is older than 24 hours you need to adjust `ignore_older`.

> sincedb\_path =\> "/home/finalelkcut/logs/.sincedb\*"

The `*` doesn't make sense unless you really want Logstash to create a file named `.sincedb*`.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-reading-my-file-no-sincedb-file-being-created-either/52363/3 "2017-07-06T04:52:59Z")

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