Logstash not reading file input, not printing to console

Question

New to logstash. I am trying to read a simple input and output it to command window.

Logstash version: 2.2.2

Below is my .conf file

input {
    file { 
        path => "/my-file-path/logstash-test-data.log"
        start_position => "beginning"
        sincedb_path => "/dev/null"
    }
}

output {
    stdout{}
}

Below is my logstash-test-data.log

name=n1,age=a1,id=a

This is the output I get after --debug and --verbose

$ logstash -f logstash-test.conf --debug --verbose
Settings: Default pipeline workers: 4
Registering file input {:path=>["/my-file-path/logstash-test-data.log"], :level=>:info}
Starting pipeline {:id=>"base", :pipeline_workers=>4, :batch_size=>125, :batch_delay=>5, :max_inflight=>500, :level=>:info}
Pipeline started {:level=>:info}
Logstash startup completed

And then nothing happens. I'm expecting the log to be displayed on the terminal.

EDIT: These are my file permissions

ls -l
total 28
-rw-rw-rw- 1 pdutt pdutt     7 Mar  3 14:25 logstash-test-data.log

@7171u Did that. But logstash said that's an configuration error. So I did stdout { codec => rubydebug} instead. No output :/ — Pronoy Dutt, Mar 03 '16 at 12:48
it is insanely difficult to perform a file input --> stdout output in logstash (at least in 2.x versions) — pkaramol, Nov 04 '18 at 16:53

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 13 '16 at 01:26

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remove quotes around "beginning"

answered Apr 13 '16 at 01:26

Seshadri

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 24 '16 at 17:06

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Faced simlilar issue. Following modification helped me.

start_position => beginning
ignore_older => 0

answered May 24 '16 at 17:06

abhinav singh

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Logstash not reading file input, not printing to console

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