How to change the ttl field of the indices in a cluster using curl command?
Take a look at https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.2/indices-ttl.html
Also TTL is deprecated, you should move away from it.
Using the curl command, can I set it?
Yes you can.
How exactly?
PUT _cluster/settings
{
"transient" : {
"indices.ttl.interval" : "WHATEVER"
}
}