# Pipeline Code Issue

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pipeline-code-issue/197930>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 3, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pipeline-code-issue/197930 "2019-09-03T18:54:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Tony\_Chirillo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tony_chirillo/32/22647_2.png) [@Tony\_Chirillo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tony_Chirillo)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pipeline-code-issue/197930/1 "2019-09-03T18:54:07Z")

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Hello,

I have some trouble with my Logstash Pipeline code.

I just added the following to my pipeline filter section:

```
if [beat][hostname] == ”qa-exchg16” {
  mutate {
    replace => { "[fields][app_id]" => "exchangeqa" }
  }
}

```

After I added this code, this error is repeated in the Logstash log.

[2019-09-03T13:47:34,052][ERROR][logstash.agent] Failed to execute action {:id=\>:"winlogbeat-dc", :action\_type=\>LogStash::ConvergeResult::FailedAction, :message=\>"Expected one of #, ", ', -, [, / at line 13, column 26 (byte 166) after filter {\n \n if [beat][hostname] == ", :backtrace=\>["/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:41:in `compile_imperative'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:49:in`compile\_graph'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:11:in `block in compile_sources'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:2577:in`map'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:10:in `compile_sources'", "org/logstash/execution/AbstractPipelineExt.java:151:in`initialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:22:in `initialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline_action/reload.rb:43:in`block in execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:96:in `block in exclusive'", "org/jruby/ext/thread/Mutex.java:165:in`synchronize'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:96:in `exclusive'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline_action/reload.rb:39:in`execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:334:in `block in converge\_state'"]}

Any thoughts on what my issue might be?

Here is my whole filter section:

```
filter {

  if [beat][hostname] == ”qa-exchg16” {
    mutate {
      replace => { "[fields][app_id]" => "exchangeqa" }
    }
  }

  if [event_id] == 4672 and [event_data][SubjectUserName] =~ /^EX(1|2)-.*\$$/ {
    drop {}
  }

  if [event_id] == 4624 or [event_id] == 4625 or [event_id] == 4648 or [event_id] == 4688 {
    truncate {
      id => "truncate_long"
      fields => "message"
      length_bytes => 200
    }
  }

  if ![fields][campus] {
      mutate { add_field => { "[fields][campus]" => "unk" } }
  }

  if ![fields][app_id] {
      mutate { add_field => { "[fields][app_id]" => "none" } }
  }

  mutate { add_tag => ["pipeline_winlogbeat-dc"] }
}
```

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**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:** [September 3, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pipeline-code-issue/197930/2 "2019-09-03T19:21:28Z")

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> [@Tony\_Chirillo](#):
>
> if [beat][hostname] == ”qa-exchg16” {

Those are curly quotes. Use regular double quotes.

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**Author:** ![Tony\_Chirillo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tony_chirillo/32/22647_2.png) [@Tony\_Chirillo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tony_Chirillo)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pipeline-code-issue/197930/3 "2019-09-04T19:47:45Z")

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> [@Badger](#):
>
> if [beat][hostname] == ”qa-exchg16” {

Thanks Badger - I got owned by copy & paste!

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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:** [October 2, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pipeline-code-issue/197930/4 "2019-10-02T19:47:50Z")

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