---
title: stack es terms-enum cli command
description: Get terms in an index. Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4083/reference/elastic-cli/cli/stack/es/terms-enum
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview
---

# stack es terms-enum cli command
<cli-modifiers>
</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic stack es terms-enum --field <field> --index <index> [options]
```

Get terms in an index.
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--field string required">
    The string to match at the start of indexed terms. If not provided, all terms in the field are considered.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--index string required">
    A comma-separated list of data streams, indices, and index aliases to search.
    Wildcard (`*`) expressions are supported.
    To search all data streams or indices, omit this parameter or use `*` or `_all`.
    **Repeatable:** pass `--index` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </definition>
  <definition term="--size number">
    The number of matching terms to return.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--timeout string">
    The maximum length of time to spend collecting results.
    If the timeout is exceeded the `complete` flag set to `false` in the response and the results may be partial or empty.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--case-insensitive">
    When `true`, the provided search string is matched against index terms without case sensitivity.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--index-filter string">
    Filter an index shard if the provided query rewrites to `match_none`.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--string string">
    The string to match at the start of indexed terms.
    If it is not provided, all terms in the field are considered. > info
    > The prefix string cannot be larger than the largest possible keyword value, which is Lucene's term byte-length limit of 32766.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--search-after string">
    The string after which terms in the index should be returned.
    It allows for a form of pagination if the last result from one request is passed as the `search_after` parameter for a subsequent request.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--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="--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="--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="--dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>