# Pipeline main started and gets stuck and here is my config codr

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pipeline-main-started-and-gets-stuck-and-here-is-my-config-codr/84637>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 4, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pipeline-main-started-and-gets-stuck-and-here-is-my-config-codr/84637 "2017-05-04T23:09:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![gowtham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@gowtham](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gowtham)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pipeline-main-started-and-gets-stuck-and-here-is-my-config-codr/84637/1 "2017-05-04T23:09:25Z")

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Input{  
File{  
Path=\>"c:/today. text"  
}  
}  
Output{  
Stdout{  
Codec=\>rubydebug}  
File{  
Path=\>"c:/today. txt"}}

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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:** [May 5, 2017, 5:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pipeline-main-started-and-gets-stuck-and-here-is-my-config-codr/84637/2 "2017-05-05T05:19:38Z")

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Logstash is tailing the input file. See the file input docs for details. Pay special attention to the `start_position` and `sincedb_path` options.

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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:** [June 2, 2017, 5:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/pipeline-main-started-and-gets-stuck-and-here-is-my-config-codr/84637/3 "2017-06-02T05:30:58Z")

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