title: Reading a log file from given path using logstash
body: <pre><code>input 
  {
    file 
    {
      path =&gt; ["D:/logstash-2.3.4/temp/logs/localhost_access_log.2016-08-24.log"]
      start_position =&gt; "beginning"
    }
  }
  
  filter 
  {
    date 
    {
      match =&gt; [ "timestamp" , "dd/MMM/yyyy:HH:mm:ss Z" ]
    }
  }
  
  output 
  {
    stdout { codec =&gt; rubydebug }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now after running logstash i am unable to see any output on logstash command window. That is the logs inside a give file are not fetching.</p>
  
  <p>some of the sample logs in my localhost_access_log.2016-08-24 log file are below:</p>
  
  <pre><code>127.0.0.1 - - [24/Aug/2016:10:07:54 +0530] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 11452    
  0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 - - [24/Aug/2016:10:08:09 +0530] "GET /Migration/firstpage.jsp HTTP/1.1" 404 1040    
  127.0.0.1 - - [24/Aug/2016:10:08:39 +0530] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 11452    
  0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 - - [24/Aug/2016:10:08:41 +0530] "GET /Migration/firstpage.jsp HTTP/1.1" 500 3750    
  0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 - - [24/Aug/2016:10:09:38 +0530] "GET /Mortgage/faces/NewFile.jsp HTTP/1.1" 404 1046
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there any problem with the input code or date filter code?
  Can anyone help me where i am committing mistake?</p>