Cannot run logstash 1.4.0 in windows 8

Question

For one month I am using logstash, so I am still learning basics about it, and also elasticsearch and kibana. Yesterday, I tried to install and start using the new version "logstash 1.4.0". To do this, I follow this link , but when I try to run logstash with the following command :

bin\logstash -e 'input { stdin { } } output { stdout {} }'

I get this error :

“bin” is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

The output is as follows:

No such command "-e"
Usage: logstash <command> [command args]
Run a command with the --help flag to see the arguments.
For example: logstash agent --help

Available commands:

agent - runs the logstash agent
version - emits version info about this logstash
web - runs the logstash web ui (called Kibana)
rspec - runs tests

For information, when I run java-version, I get this :

java version "1.7.0_40"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_40-b43)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.0-b56, mixed mode)**

Answer 1

Well, you can refer to this answer. The logstash 1.4.0 have some problem about the command.

For my suggestion, please save the input { stdin { } } output { stdout {} } to a file call stdin.conf. Then use the following command to run logstash:

bin\logstash agent -f stdin.conf

You must put the stdin.conf file in the directory where you run logstash