# How do I see how many shards a index is using?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-see-how-many-shards-a-index-is-using/284606>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 20, 2021, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-see-how-many-shards-a-index-is-using/284606 "2021-09-20T09:16:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![riahc3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d6d6ee/32.png) [@riahc3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/riahc3)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-see-how-many-shards-a-index-is-using/284606/1 "2021-09-20T09:16:04Z")

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Hello

To check if something is working correctly, I want to see how many shards a index is using.

How can I check this thru the dev console?

Thank you.

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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:** [September 20, 2021, 9:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-see-how-many-shards-a-index-is-using/284606/2 "2021-09-20T09:47:53Z")

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This should work:

```
GET /_cat/indices/INDEXNAME?v
```

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**Author:** ![riahc3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d6d6ee/32.png) [@riahc3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/riahc3)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 10:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-see-how-many-shards-a-index-is-using/284606/3 "2021-09-20T10:08:07Z")

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OK, and just to not make a duplicate topic, how do I count how many indexes I have in total?

Thanks

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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:** [September 20, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-see-how-many-shards-a-index-is-using/284606/4 "2021-09-20T11:58:54Z")

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Something like this (unix):

```auto
curl localhost:9200/_cat/indices | wc -l

```

should work I think.

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**Author:** ![riahc3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d6d6ee/32.png) [@riahc3](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/riahc3)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-see-how-many-shards-a-index-is-using/284606/5 "2021-09-22T10:19:52Z")

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Thank you.

Lets see if I can find one for the total amount of shards I have (health might work)

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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:** [September 22, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-see-how-many-shards-a-index-is-using/284606/6 "2021-09-22T12:27:42Z")

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Yeah

```
GET /_cat/health?v
```

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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:** [October 20, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-see-how-many-shards-a-index-is-using/284606/7 "2021-10-20T12:27:56Z")

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