---
title: stack es search-shards cli command
description: Get the search shards. 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/search-shards
---

# stack es search-shards cli command
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</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic stack es search-shards [options]
```

Get the search shards.
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--[no-]allow-no-indices">
    A setting that does two separate checks on the index expression.
    If `false`, the request returns an error (1) if any wildcard expression
    (including `_all` and `*`) resolves to zero matching indices or (2) if the
    complete set of resolved indices, aliases or data streams is empty after all
    expressions are evaluated. If `true`, index expressions that resolve to no
    indices are allowed and the request returns an empty result.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--expand-wildcards enum">
    Type of index that wildcard patterns can match.
    If the request can target data streams, this argument determines whether wildcard expressions match hidden data streams.
    Supports comma-separated values, such as `open,hidden`.
    **Values:** all, open, closed, hidden, none
    **Repeatable:** pass `--expand-wildcards` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </definition>
  <definition term="--[no-]ignore-unavailable">
    If `false`, the request returns an error if it targets a concrete (non-wildcarded)
    index, alias, or data stream that is missing, closed, or otherwise unavailable.
    If `true`, unavailable concrete targets are silently ignored.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--[no-]local">
    If `true`, the request retrieves information from the local node only.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--master-timeout string">
    The period to wait for a connection to the master node.
    If the master node is not available before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.
    IT can also be set to `-1` to indicate that the request should never timeout.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--preference string">
    The node or shard the operation should be performed on.
    It is random by default.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--routing string">
    A custom value used to route operations to a specific shard.
    Not allowed when `index.slice.enabled` is `true` for the target index; use `_slice` instead.
    **Repeatable:** pass `--routing` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </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 `*` or `_all`.
    **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>