Hello, I accidently created an index containing a %-character and I am not able to delete it. I tried several ways to escape without success. Index name: index-%{env}-2015-08-19 I tried the following: curl -XDELETE http://localhost:9200/miplog-%%{env}-2015.08.19 curl -XDELETE http://localhost:9…

ElasticSearch: how to delete index containing %-character?

magnusbaeck (Magnus Bäck) August 19, 2015, 8:24am 2

Percent signs are URL encoded as %25 so try this:

curl -XDELETE http://localhost:9200/miplog-%25{env}-2015.08.19

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