# Happy Thanksgiving! & QQ)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/happy-thanksgiving-qq/319769>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [November 24, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/happy-thanksgiving-qq/319769 "2022-11-24T15:28:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![alexus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alexus/32/12696_2.png) [@alexus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alexus)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/happy-thanksgiving-qq/319769/1 "2022-11-24T15:28:52Z")

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Hello World 😉

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Is there a way to see size per shard per node w/ sorting?)

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/happy-thanksgiving-qq/319769/2 "2022-11-24T15:52:14Z")

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👋🏼

I think the [cat shards API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/cat-shards.html) would help.

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**Author:** ![alexus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alexus/32/12696_2.png) [@alexus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alexus)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/happy-thanksgiving-qq/319769/3 "2022-11-24T15:55:02Z")

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that goes against index as target..

my goal is to find out which is _largest_ shard which resides on a specific data node..

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**Author:** ![vincenbr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8edcca/32.png) [@vincenbr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vincenbr)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/happy-thanksgiving-qq/319769/4 "2022-11-24T17:33:03Z")

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\_cat/shards seems to do the job.  
just add sort criteria, try it in Dev Tools:  
`GET _cat/shards/?s=n:asc,store:desc`

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**Author:** ![alexus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alexus/32/12696_2.png) [@alexus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alexus)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/happy-thanksgiving-qq/319769/5 "2022-11-24T17:37:24Z")

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can i also add a limit to specific node name?

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**Author:** ![vincenbr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8edcca/32.png) [@vincenbr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vincenbr)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/happy-thanksgiving-qq/319769/6 "2022-11-24T17:52:22Z")

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AFAIK, you can't. You have to filter the response client-side, either with a grep, awk or your choice of tool.  
If you prefer json filtering (with `jq` for instance) you can add `&format=json` to the request.

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**Author:** ![alexus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alexus/32/12696_2.png) [@alexus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alexus)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/happy-thanksgiving-qq/319769/7 "2022-11-25T04:30:54Z")

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thanks!

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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:** [December 23, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/happy-thanksgiving-qq/319769/8 "2022-12-23T04:31:09Z")

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