---
title: stack es msearch-template cli command
description: Run multiple templated searches. Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/cli/pull/537/cli/stack/es/msearch-template
---

# stack es msearch-template cli command
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</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic stack es msearch-template [options]
```

Run multiple templated searches.
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--[no-]ccs-minimize-roundtrips">
    If `true`, network round-trips are minimized for cross-cluster search requests.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--max-concurrent-searches number">
    The maximum number of concurrent searches the API can run.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--search-type enum">
    The type of the search operation.
    **Values:** query_then_fetch, dfs_query_then_fetch
  </definition>
  <definition term="--[no-]rest-total-hits-as-int">
    If `true`, the response returns `hits.total` as an integer.
    If `false`, it returns `hits.total` as an object.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--[no-]typed-keys">
    If `true`, the response prefixes aggregation and suggester names with their respective types.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--search-templates string[]">
  </definition>
  <definition term="--index string">
    A comma-separated list of data streams, indices, and aliases to search.
    It supports wildcards (`*`).
    To search all data streams and indices, omit this parameter or use `*`.
    **Repeatable:** pass `--index` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </definition>
  <definition term="--[no-]error-trace">
    When set to `true` Elasticsearch will include the full stack trace of errors
    when they occur.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--filter-path string">
    Comma-separated list of filters in dot notation which reduce the response
    returned by Elasticsearch.
    **Repeatable:** pass `--filter-path` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </definition>
  <definition term="--[no-]human">
    When set to `true` will return statistics in a format suitable for humans.
    For example `"exists_time": "1h"` for humans and
    `"exists_time_in_millis": 3600000` for computers. When disabled the human
    readable values will be omitted. This makes sense for responses being consumed
    only by machines.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--[no-]pretty">
    If set to `true` the returned JSON will be "pretty-formatted". Only use
    this option for debugging only.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--input-file string">
    path to a JSON file to use as command input
  </definition>
  <definition term="--[no-]dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--[no-]json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>