# Reference doc question

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reference-doc-question/38158>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 30, 2015, 8:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reference-doc-question/38158 "2015-12-30T08:30:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![makeyang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@makeyang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/makeyang)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 8:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reference-doc-question/38158/1 "2015-12-30T08:30:42Z")

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[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.7/cat-fielddata.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.7/cat-fielddata.html)  
% curl '192.168.56.10:9200/\_cat/fielddata/body,text?v'  
id host ip node total body text  
c223lARiSGeezlbrcugAYQ myhost1 10.20.100.200 Jessica Jones 385.6kb 159.8kb 225.7kb  
waPCbitNQaCL6xC8VxjAwg myhost2 10.20.100.201 Adversary 435.2kb 159.8kb 275.3kb  
yaDkp-G3R0q1AJ-HUEvkSQ myhost3 10.20.100.202 Microchip 284.6kb 109.2kb 175.3kb

so in reference doc, kb really means kilo bytes not kilo bits, right?

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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:** [December 30, 2015, 8:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reference-doc-question/38158/2 "2015-12-30T08:39:27Z")

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Bytes - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.7/cat.html#numeric-formats](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/1.7/cat.html#numeric-formats)

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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, 11:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reference-doc-question/38158/3 "2017-07-05T23:27:53Z")

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Closed on July 5, 2017, 11:27pm UTC


