# Logstash PIPE input

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipe-input/41213>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 8, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipe-input/41213 "2016-02-08T18:23:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Joseph\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Joseph\_Schwartz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joseph_Schwartz)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipe-input/41213/1 "2016-02-08T18:23:20Z")

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I'm looking for some N00B config examples for input and output to elastic

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**Author:** ![ben.joyce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ben.joyce/32/7393_2.png) [@ben.joyce](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ben.joyce)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipe-input/41213/2 "2016-02-08T18:46:59Z")

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What sort of input?

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Joseph\_Schwartz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joseph_Schwartz)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipe-input/41213/3 "2016-02-08T18:51:00Z")

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Netcat (NC) pipe output into elastic.

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Joseph\_Schwartz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joseph_Schwartz)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipe-input/41213/4 "2016-02-08T18:56:33Z")

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hear is the output that the system puts out every minute:  
[teknoadmin@localhost logstash]$ nc 192.168.25.25 2001  
NAS DISPOSITION SPREADSHEET,DEMO1,All Correlation Sets are Selected,JSchwartz\_Elastic\_Logstash\_Test,02/08/2016,18:55:00,02/08/2016,18:56:00,ISUP,0,42118,1428,0,0,8,0,371,894,1981,1,1,9,31,0,26,0,4,1,33,0,4,0,341,165,16,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,8,0,76,0,3,10,0,0,541,0,0,0,0,0  
[teknoadmin@localhost logstash]$ nc 192.168.25.25 2001  
NAS DISPOSITION SPREADSHEET,DEMO1,All Correlation Sets are Selected,JSchwartz\_Elastic\_Logstash\_Test,02/08/2016,18:55:00,02/08/2016,18:56:00,ISUP,0,42118,1428,0,0,8,0,371,894,1981,1,1,9,31,0,26,0,4,1,33,0,4,0,341,165,16,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,8,0,76,0,3,10,0,0,541,0,0,0,0,0

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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, 5:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipe-input/41213/5 "2017-07-06T05:12:39Z")

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