# No file output after I defined a file output?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-file-output-after-i-defined-a-file-output/94254>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 23, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-file-output-after-i-defined-a-file-output/94254 "2017-07-23T19:13:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![KeithTt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/keithtt/32/29447_2.png) [@KeithTt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KeithTt)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-file-output-after-i-defined-a-file-output/94254/1 "2017-07-23T19:13:56Z")

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ELK version: 5.4.1

I am referring to this page:  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-file.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-file.html)

And here is my logstash pipeline config file:

```auto
input {
  beats {
    port => 5044
    codec => "json"
  }
}

output {
    if [type] == "zixun-nginx-access" {
    elasticsearch {
        hosts => ["192.168.3.56:9200","192.168.3.49:9200","192.168.3.57:9200"]
        index => "zixun-nginx-access-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
        document_type => "%{[@metadata][type]}"
        template_overwrite => true
        user => elastic
        password => Monkey
    }}
    file {
        path => /tmp/zixun-nginx-access-%{+YYYY-MM-dd}.txt
    }
    ...
}

```

And there is no file output....is there anything wrong?

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**Author:** ![KeithTt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/keithtt/32/29447_2.png) [@KeithTt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KeithTt)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-file-output-after-i-defined-a-file-output/94254/2 "2017-07-24T04:32:17Z")

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> [@KeithTt](#):
>
> file {  
> path =\> /tmp/zixun-nginx-access-%{+YYYY-MM-dd}.txt  
> }

I am sorry , I found the problem, there should be a pair of quotation marks.

```auto
file {
    path => "/tmp/zixun-nginx-access-%{+YYYY-MM-dd}.log"
}

```

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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:** [August 21, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-file-output-after-i-defined-a-file-output/94254/3 "2017-08-21T04:32:19Z")

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