[[exclude]]
== --exclude


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Summary
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IMPORTANT: This flag only functions within the scope of <<index-selection,index selection>> or <<snapshot-selection,snapshot selection>>.

Exclude indices or snapshots matching the provided pattern. Multiple items can
be excluded by using the `--exclude` flag multiple times with different
patterns.

WARNING: `--exclude` patterns _will not_ exclude anything added with the `--index` flag.

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Flags
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* `--exclude` A regular expression pattern. This flag can be invoked multiple
times.

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Examples
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Show all indices, excluding indices beginning with log:

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curator show indices --exclude '^log.*'
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Optimize all indices, excluding indices ending with `-prod` or `-qa`:

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    curator show indices --exclude '^.*-prod$' --exclude '^.*-qa$'
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Delete all snapshots, excluding those with `2015` in the snapshot name. If the
default naming pattern is used, with `curator-YearMonthDayHourMinuteSecond` as
the pattern, and the year is 2015, this would effectively delete all `2014`
snapshots:

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curator delete snapshots --repository REPO_NAME --exclude '^.*2015.*$'
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