:plugin: pipe
:type: output

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[id="plugins-{type}-{plugin}"]

=== Pipe output plugin

include::{include_path}/plugin_header.asciidoc[]

==== Description

Pipe output.

Pipe events to stdin of another program. You can use fields from the
event as parts of the command.
WARNING: This feature can cause logstash to fork off multiple children if you are not carefull with per-event commandline.

[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-options"]
==== Pipe Output Configuration Options

This plugin supports the following configuration options plus the <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-common-options>> described later.

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|=======================================================================
|Setting |Input type|Required
| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-command>> |<<string,string>>|Yes
| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-message_format>> |<<string,string>>|No
| <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-ttl>> |<<number,number>>|No
|=======================================================================

Also see <<plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-common-options>> for a list of options supported by all
output plugins.

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[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-command"]
===== `command` 

  * This is a required setting.
  * Value type is <<string,string>>
  * There is no default value for this setting.

Command line to launch and pipe to

[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-message_format"]
===== `message_format` 

  * Value type is <<string,string>>
  * There is no default value for this setting.

The format to use when writing events to the pipe. This value
supports any string and can include `%{name}` and other dynamic
strings.

If this setting is omitted, the full json representation of the
event will be written as a single line.

[id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-ttl"]
===== `ttl` 

  * Value type is <<number,number>>
  * Default value is `10`

Close pipe that hasn't been used for TTL seconds. -1 or 0 means never close.



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