# Show\_indices is not equal to /\_cat/indices **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 25, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-indices-is-not-equal-to-cat-indices/149842 "2018-09-25T13:54:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![igemon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@igemon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/igemon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-indices-is-not-equal-to-cat-indices/149842/1 "2018-09-25T13:54:13Z")
Hi guys. I have a question. Does the `curator_cli show_indices` show all indexes? In my case, output c`urator_cli show_indices` is not equal to output `GET /_cat/indices?v` Running the command (`GET /_cat/indices?v`) shows a lot more indexes that I don't see in `curator_cli show_indices`. In addition, curator does not remove indexes that do not show ---
**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 3:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-indices-is-not-equal-to-cat-indices/149842/2 "2018-09-25T15:03:54Z")
Are you sure you're hitting the same cluster? I've seen that misconfiguration a time or two. At the end of the day, `curator_cli show_indices` will _always_ show the same thing that `GET /_cat/indices` will, unless you've applied filters, or are visiting different clusters. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 7:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-indices-is-not-equal-to-cat-indices/149842/4 "2018-10-24T07:52:04Z")
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