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SHOW TABLES
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SHOW TABLES
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Whether or not to include frozen indices |
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single table identifier or double quoted es multi index |
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SQL LIKE pattern |
See index patterns for more information about patterns.
DescriptionList the tables available to the current user and their type.
SHOW TABLES;
name | type | kind
---------------+---------------+---------------
emp |BASE TABLE |INDEX
employees |VIEW |ALIAS
library |BASE TABLE |INDEX
Match multiple indices by using Elasticsearch multi index syntax notation:
SHOW TABLES "*,-l*";
name | type | kind
---------------+---------------+---------------
emp |BASE TABLE |INDEX
employees |VIEW |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 | kind
---------------+---------------+---------------
emp |BASE TABLE |INDEX
Multiple chars:
SHOW TABLES LIKE 'emp%';
name | type | kind
---------------+---------------+---------------
emp |BASE TABLE |INDEX
employees |VIEW |ALIAS
A single char:
SHOW TABLES LIKE 'em_';
name | type | kind
---------------+---------------+---------------
emp |BASE TABLE |INDEX
Or a mixture of single and multiple chars:
SHOW TABLES LIKE '%em_';
name | type | kind
---------------+---------------+---------------
emp |BASE TABLE |INDEX