# \_cat/indices api question

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-cat-indices-api-question/39640>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 20, 2016, 10:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-cat-indices-api-question/39640 "2016-01-20T10:36:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![makeyang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@makeyang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/makeyang)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 10:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-cat-indices-api-question/39640/1 "2016-01-20T10:36:37Z")

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docs.count is the primary shard's count or primary plus replica?

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**Author:** ![SKumarMN](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/skumarmn/32/27537_2.png) [@SKumarMN](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SKumarMN)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-cat-indices-api-question/39640/2 "2016-01-20T10:40:07Z")

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Its just the primary

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-cat-indices-api-question/39640/3 "2017-07-05T23:23:04Z")

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