# Logstash + unknown setting seperator for csv

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unknown-setting-seperator-for-csv/168692>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 16, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unknown-setting-seperator-for-csv/168692 "2019-02-16T14:44:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![bharathi1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@bharathi1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bharathi1)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unknown-setting-seperator-for-csv/168692/1 "2019-02-16T14:44:53Z")

</div>

2019-02-16T20:07:07,894][WARN][logstash.config.source.multilocal] Ignoring the 'pipelines.yml' file because modules or command line options are specified  
[2019-02-16T20:07:07,910][INFO][logstash.runner] Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=\>"7.0.0"}  
[2019-02-16T20:07:14,994][ERROR][logstash.filters.csv] Unknown setting 'seperator' for csv  
[2019-02-16T20:07:15,014][ERROR][logstash.agent] Failed to execute action {:action=\>LogStash::PipelineAction::Create/pipeline\_id:main, :exception=\>"LogStash::ConfigurationError", :message=\>"Something is wrong with your configuration.", :backtrace=\>["C:/Software/Logstash/logstash-7.0.0-alpha2/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/mixin.rb:86:in `config_init'", "C:/Software/Logstash/logstash-7.0.0-alpha2/logstash-core/lib/logstash/filters/base.rb:126:in`initialize'", "org/logstash/plugins/PluginFactoryExt.java:70:in `filter_delegator'", "org/logstash/plugins/PluginFactoryExt.java:244:in`plugin'", "org/logstash/plugins/PluginFactoryExt.java:149:in `buildFilter'", "org/logstash/execution/JavaBasePipelineExt.java:47:in`initialize'", "C:/Software/Logstash/logstash-7.0.0-alpha2/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java\_pipeline.rb:23:in `initialize'", "C:/Software/Logstash/logstash-7.0.0-alpha2/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline_action/create.rb:36:in`execute'", "C:/Software/Logstash/logstash-7.0.0-alpha2/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:313:in `block in converge\_state'"]}  
[2019-02-16T20:07:15,405][INFO][logstash.agent] Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=\>9600}

C:\Software\Logstash\logstash-7.0.0-alpha2\bin\>

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![bharathi1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@bharathi1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bharathi1)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unknown-setting-seperator-for-csv/168692/2 "2019-02-16T14:45:31Z")

</div>

input {  
file {  
path =\> "\Pop1.csv"  
start\_position =\> "beginning"

}  
}

filter{  
csv{  
seperator =\> ","  
columns =\> ["LATITUDE", "LONGITUDE"]  
convert =\> {}  
}  
}

output {  
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> ["[http://localhost:9200](http://localhost:9200)"]  
}  
stdout {}  
}

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unknown-setting-seperator-for-csv/168692/3 "2019-02-16T15:01:04Z")

</div>

> [@bharathi1](#):
>
> Unknown setting 'seperator' for csv

That should be separator, not seperator.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![balumurari1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/balumurari1/32/39203_2.png) [@balumurari1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/balumurari1)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unknown-setting-seperator-for-csv/168692/4 "2019-02-18T08:36:11Z")

</div>

Hello,

Follow this sample example, which will help you [[Load csv file in logstash](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/load-csv-file-in-logstash/151319/3)]

Regards

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unknown-setting-seperator-for-csv/168692/5 "2019-03-18T08:36:12Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.