# How to limit data Print When I use ES as input

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-limit-data-print-when-i-use-es-as-input/279014>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 19, 2021, 5:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-limit-data-print-when-i-use-es-as-input/279014 "2021-07-19T05:01:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![London\_Kim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/london_kim/32/91802_2.png) [@London\_Kim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/London_Kim)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 5:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-limit-data-print-when-i-use-es-as-input/279014/1 "2021-07-19T05:01:01Z")

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I am using ES as an input tool. I am trying to output data to stdout, but I want to see only about 5 data as a test. But until I stop logstash, logstash continues to load data. How can I control the data for as many cases as I want?

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**Author:** ![AquaX](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aquax/32/92006_2.png) [@AquaX](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AquaX)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-limit-data-print-when-i-use-es-as-input/279014/2 "2021-07-20T15:23:39Z")

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Change your elasticsearch query and change the `size` in the query to only return five documents.

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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:** [August 17, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-limit-data-print-when-i-use-es-as-input/279014/3 "2021-08-17T15:24:06Z")

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