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:plugin: pipe
:type: input

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=== Pipe input plugin

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==== Description

Stream events from a long running command pipe.

By default, each event is assumed to be one line. If you
want to join lines, you'll want to use the multiline codec.


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

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===== `command` 

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

Command to run and read events from, one line at a time.

Example:
[source,ruby]
   command => "echo hello world"



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Version data entries

2 entries across 2 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
logstash-input-pipe-3.0.6	docs/index.asciidoc
logstash-input-pipe-3.0.5	docs/index.asciidoc