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Bulk remove elasticsearch indexes
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remove-indexes.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
SERVER="http://elasticsearch.server.example.com:9200"
curl "$SERVER/_cat/indices?v" | awk '{ print $3}' | sort > /tmp/indexes.txt
while read -u 3 f;
do
echo $f
COMMAND="curl -XDELETE $SERVER/$f"
echo $COMMAND
$COMMAND
read -e -p "Continue.... " -n 1
done 3< /tmp/indexes.txt
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