# How view index files from Lucene 5.4.1 - From ES 2.2

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-view-index-files-from-lucene-5-4-1-from-es-2-2/44378>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 15, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-view-index-files-from-lucene-5-4-1-from-es-2-2/44378 "2016-03-15T00:04:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![rahulcse](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rahulcse/32/12158_2.png) [@rahulcse](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rahulcse)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-view-index-files-from-lucene-5-4-1-from-es-2-2/44378/1 "2016-03-15T00:04:30Z")

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Hi,

Is there a way to view the lucene index files created by ES 2.2?  
I have tried bunch of things (luke etc) but all complain that index format is too new. Thanks for your help in advance.

Regards,  
Rahul

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-view-index-files-from-lucene-5-4-1-from-es-2-2/44378/2 "2016-03-15T00:15:07Z")

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I don't believe there is, why do you want to do this though?

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**Author:** ![rahulcse](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rahulcse/32/12158_2.png) [@rahulcse](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rahulcse)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-view-index-files-from-lucene-5-4-1-from-es-2-2/44378/3 "2016-03-15T00:31:59Z")

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I wanted to see how inverted index is being created. After some analyzers being applied.

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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, 11:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-view-index-files-from-lucene-5-4-1-from-es-2-2/44378/4 "2017-07-05T23:08:35Z")

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