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SHOW TABLES
editSHOW TABLES
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Synopsis.
See index patterns for more information about patterns.
DescriptionList the tables available to the current user and their type.
SHOW TABLES; name | type ---------------+--------------- emp |BASE TABLE employees |ALIAS library |BASE TABLE
Match multiple indices by using Elasticsearch multi index syntax notation:
SHOW TABLES "*,-l*"; name | type ---------------+--------------- emp |BASE TABLE employees |ALIAS
One can also use the LIKE
clause to restrict the list of names to the given pattern.
The pattern can be an exact match:
SHOW TABLES LIKE 'emp'; name | type ---------------+--------------- emp |BASE TABLE
Multiple chars:
SHOW TABLES LIKE 'emp%'; name | type ---------------+--------------- emp |BASE TABLE employees |ALIAS
A single char:
SHOW TABLES LIKE 'em_'; name | type ---------------+--------------- emp |BASE TABLE
Or a mixture of single and multiple chars:
SHOW TABLES LIKE '%em_'; name | type ---------------+--------------- emp |BASE TABLE