configuration file etc nginx nginx conf test failed How do I know why this happened

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I m an nginx noob trying out this this tutorial on nginx 1 1 19 on ubuntu 12 04  I have this nginx config file   When I run this command the test fails     sudo service nginx restart Restarting nginx  nginx   crit  pread     etc nginx sites-enabled csv  failed  21  Is a directory  nginx  configuration file  etc nginx nginx conf test failed   How do I know why the nginx conf test failed

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This particular commands worked for me  sudo apt-get remove --purge nginx nginx-full nginx-common and sudo apt-get install nginx credit to this answer on stackexchnage

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Show file and track error  systemctl status nginx service

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If you want to check syntax error for any nginx files  you can use the -c option   root server     sudo nginx -t -c  etc nginx my-server conf nginx  the configuration file  etc nginx my-server conf syntax is ok nginx  configuration file  etc nginx my-server conf test is successful  root server

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sudo nginx -t should test all files and return errors and warnings locations

[nginx] "configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test failed": How do I know why this happened?

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