marshall explain output only in debug mode

- add interactive API repl
- enhance cluster status output (use -v)
- add more ccr commands
- refactoring

.gitignore

@@ -26,3 +26,7 @@ go.work.sum
 .env
 
 esctl
+
+*.sh
+*.json
+*.log

Makefile

@@ -23,11 +23,24 @@ UID       = root
 GID       = 0
 HAVE_POD := $(shell pod2text -h 2>/dev/null)
 
+BRANCH          = $(shell git branch --show-current)
+COMMIT          = $(shell git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD)
+BUILD           = $(shell date +%Y.%m.%d.%H%M%S) 
+GOVERSION       = $(shell grep -E "^go" go.mod | cut -d' ' -f2)
+APIVERSION      = $(shell grep github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch go.mod | cut -d' ' -f2)
+
+
 all: buildlocal
 
 
 buildlocal:
-	CGO_LDFLAGS='-static' go build -tags osusergo,netgo -ldflags "-extldflags=-static" -o $(tool)
+	CGO_LDFLAGS='-static' go build -tags osusergo,netgo -ldflags "-extldflags=-static" \
+     -ldflags "-X codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg.BRANCH=$(BRANCH) \
+               -X codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg.COMMIT=$(COMMIT) \
+			   -X codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg.GOVERSION=$(GOVERSION) \
+			   -X codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg.APIVERSION=$(APIVERSION) \
+			   -X codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg.BUILD=$(BUILD)" \
+     -o $(tool)
 	strip $(tool)
 
 install: buildlocal

README.md

@@ -4,32 +4,108 @@
 
 Elasticsearch CLI
 
+## Introduction
+
+This is a handy cli tool which interfaces to an elasticsearch cluster
+(or two of them if you're using cross cluster replication). It is a
+work-in-progress project yet, things might change occasionally. Expect
+a stable release once we reach major version 1.0.0.
+
+Features:
+
+- Configuration of cluster credentials using environment vars or
+  config file. Multiple clusters can be configured. `esctl cluster ls`
+  shows which one is reachable.
+- Shell completion support (bash, zsh and fish). Put this into your
+  rc: `source <(esctl completion bash)`.
+- Cluster settings can be viewed and modified.
+- Search: you can search indices using full text or by fields, select
+  logical condition (OR, AND), use PIT, limit datetime (ES date math
+  can be used), etc. It is however not yet possible to create
+  recursive searches like: `(cond1 AND cond2) OR (cond3 OR cond4)`.
+- Cross cluster replication (ccr): view, pause, resume, delete
+  replication. You can also manage follower configuration.
+- Index management: manage aliases, create, modify, delete indices,
+  display field mappings etc.
+- Node management: only list nodes yet.
+- Shard management: only list shards yet.
+- Snapshot management: only list snapshots yet.
+- Role management: only list roles yet. There's also a `role diff`
+  subcommand, which is for internal use. It can be used to verify if
+  role defs in a CSV match the deployed roles.
+- Repl: this is an interactive REPL (read eval print loop) towards the
+  elasticsearch API. You can run API calls on the current selected
+  cluster w/o the hassle to specify the whole url, credentials etc. It
+  has line editing and history support. If `jq` is installed output
+  JSON will be syntax highlighted.
+- Doc support. You can put, delete and show docs for an index. Very
+  handy if you want to play with it. Just create a new index:
+  `esctl index create foo` and then insert docs into it for search
+  experiments:
+  ```console
+  esctl doc add -i foo '{"title":"curry in a hurry", "message":"australian thai"}'
+  ```
+
 ## Usage
 
+Command tree:
+
 ```console
-NAME:
-   esctl - manage elasticsearch from cli
-
-USAGE:
-   esctl [global options] [command [command options]]
-
-VERSION:
-   v0.0.4
-
-COMMANDS:
-   search, /       search within an index
-   index, i        manage indicies
-   snapshot, snap  manage snapshots
-   cluster, c      manage cluster[s]
-   node, snap      manage nodes
-   help, h         Shows a list of commands or help for one command
-
-GLOBAL OPTIONS:
-   --debug, -d                  enable debugging [$ES_DEBUG]
-   --config string, -c string   config file [$ES_CONFIG]
-   --cluster string, -C string  cluster alias to work with
-   --help, -h                   show help
-   --version, -v                print the version
+ ccr
+     follower
+         add
+         delete
+         pause
+         renew
+         resume
+         show
+         unfollow
+     info
+     pause
+     resume
+     status
+ cluster
+     list
+     settings
+         list
+         set
+     status
+ debug
+ doc
+     add
+     delete
+     show
+ help
+ help-jsonpath
+ index
+     alias
+         create
+         delete
+         list
+     allocation
+     close
+     create
+     delete
+     fields
+     list
+     modify
+     show
+ node
+     list
+     show
+ repl
+ role
+     diff
+     list
+     show
+ search
+ shard
+     list
+     show
+ snapshot
+     list
+     show
+ version
 ```
 
 Configure `esctl` with environment variables:
@@ -59,10 +135,6 @@ can omit `-c ...`.
 If you want to  work on a specific cluster, specify  its name with the
 global `-C` option.
 
-## Introduction
-
-FIXME
-
 ## Installation
 
 The tool does not have any dependencies.  Just download the binary for
@@ -113,6 +185,30 @@ make
 sudo make install
 ```
 
+# Development
+
+## To test completion
+
+Add the flag `--generate-shell-completion` to any command, e.g.:
+
+```console
+./esctl role show --generate-shell-completion
+machine_learning_admin
+rollup_admin
+editor
+reporting_user
+snapshot_user
+fcn_admin
+machine_learning_user
+kibana_system
+beats_admin
+kibana_user
+fcns_space
+transport_client
+transform_user
+[..]
+```
+
 # Report bugs
 
 [Please open an issue](https://codeberg.org/scip/esctl/issues). Thanks!

TODO.md

@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 - [Go client docs](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/clients/go/typed-api)
 - [ES API docs](https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-indices-get)
 
-- Fix index names custom completion
-- add cluster default <name> which would add a flag to the config, so that no -C is needed subsequently
-- add `cluster stats` from `/_cluster/stats` like mem, procs, open files, num indices, shards etc
-  or add these to `cluster status`, maybe add a `--stats` to include stats there?
+- index show: add more details, see screenshots
+
+- add shard explain, aka:
+  get /_cluster/allocation/explain {"index":"yourindex", "primary": true, "shard":0}
+
+
+- add datastream support:
+  https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-indices-get-data-stream
+  
+  also exclude data stream backing indices from index ls

cmd/ccr.go

@@ -37,15 +37,17 @@ func Ccr(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 			CcrShardPause(conf),
 			CcrShardResume(conf),
 			CcrFollower(conf),
+			CcrRemoteInfo(conf),
 		},
 	}
 }
 
 func CcrStatus(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 	return &cli.Command{
-		Name:    "status",
-		Aliases: []string{"st"},
-		Usage:   "cross cluster replication status (yaml config with 2 clusters required)",
+		Name:      "status",
+		Aliases:   []string{"st"},
+		Usage:     "cross cluster replication status (yaml config with 2 clusters required)",
+		UsageText: "status <leader> <follower>",
 
 		Flags: []cli.Flag{
 			&cli.StringFlag{
@@ -56,6 +58,10 @@ func CcrStatus(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 			},
 		},
 
+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			completeCluster(cmd)
+		},
+
 		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
 			leader := cmd.Args().Get(0)
 			follower := cmd.Args().Get(1)
@@ -101,3 +107,19 @@ func CcrShardResume(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 		},
 	}
 }
+
+func CcrRemoteInfo(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:      "info",
+		Usage:     "show ccr remote info",
+		UsageText: "info [options] [<index>]",
+
+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			completeIndex(cmd)
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			return es.CcrRemoteInfo(conf, cmd.Args().Get(0))
+		},
+	}
+}

cmd/ccr_follower.go

@@ -36,6 +36,107 @@ func CcrFollower(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 			CcrFollowerShow(conf),
 			CcrFollowerAdd(conf),
 			CcrFollowerDelete(conf),
+			CcrFollowerUnfollow(conf),
+			CcrFollowerPause(conf),
+			CcrFollowerResume(conf),
+			CcrFollowerRenew(conf),
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func CcrFollowerRenew(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:      "renew",
+		Usage:     "renew ccr follower index",
+		UsageText: "renew [options] <index>",
+
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "force",
+				Usage:       "force even if unfollow fails (e.g. because following is red anyway)",
+				Destination: &conf.Force,
+				Aliases:     []string{"f"},
+			},
+		},
+
+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			completeIndex(cmd)
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			args := cmd.Args()
+
+			if args.Len() != 1 {
+				return errors.New("missing arguments: <index>")
+			}
+
+			return es.CcrFollowerRenew(conf, cmd.Args().Get(0))
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func CcrFollowerResume(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:      "resume",
+		Usage:     "resume ccr index to follow",
+		UsageText: "resume [options] <index>",
+
+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			completeIndex(cmd)
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			args := cmd.Args()
+
+			if args.Len() != 1 {
+				return errors.New("missing arguments: <index>")
+			}
+
+			return es.CcrFollowerResume(conf, cmd.Args().Get(0))
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func CcrFollowerPause(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:      "pause",
+		Usage:     "pause ccr index to follow",
+		UsageText: "pause [options] <index>",
+
+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			completeIndex(cmd)
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			args := cmd.Args()
+
+			if args.Len() != 1 {
+				return errors.New("missing arguments: <index>")
+			}
+
+			return es.CcrFollowerPause(conf, cmd.Args().Get(0))
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func CcrFollowerUnfollow(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:      "unfollow",
+		Usage:     "unfollow ccr follower index",
+		UsageText: "unfollow [options] <index>",
+
+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			completeIndex(cmd)
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			args := cmd.Args()
+
+			if args.Len() != 1 {
+				return errors.New("missing arguments: <index>")
+			}
+
+			return es.CcrFollowerUnfollow(conf, cmd.Args().Get(0))
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -56,6 +157,10 @@ func CcrFollowerAdd(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 			},
 		},
 
+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			completeIndex(cmd)
+		},
+
 		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
 			args := cmd.Args()
 
@@ -71,10 +176,14 @@ func CcrFollowerAdd(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 func CcrFollowerDelete(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 	return &cli.Command{
 		Name:      "delete",
-		Aliases:   []string{"-"},
+		Aliases:   []string{"rm"},
 		Usage:     "delete ccr follower index",
 		UsageText: "delete <index>",
 
+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			completeIndex(cmd)
+		},
+
 		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
 			args := cmd.Args()
 
@@ -95,6 +204,10 @@ func CcrFollowerShow(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 		Usage:     "show ccr follower index details",
 		UsageText: "show <index>",
 
+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			completeIndex(cmd)
+		},
+
 		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
 			args := cmd.Args()
 

cmd/cluster.go

@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ func ClusterStatus(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 				Destination: &conf.All,
 				Aliases:     []string{"a"},
 			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "verbose",
+				Usage:       "include verbose statistics",
+				Destination: &conf.Verbose,
+				Aliases:     []string{"v"},
+			},
 		},
 
 		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {

cmd/completion.go

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/es"
+
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+)
+
+func completeIndex(cmd *cli.Command) {
+	if cmd.NArg() > 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// FIXME: config should load from root.Before(), see https://github.com/urfave/cli/issues/2348
+	// workaround: load it directly here
+	conf := cfg.NewConfig()
+	if err := conf.Init(); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	indices, err := es.IndexNames(conf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, index := range indices {
+		fmt.Println(index)
+	}
+
+}
+
+func completeRole(cmd *cli.Command) {
+	if cmd.NArg() > 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// FIXME: config should load from root.Before(), see https://github.com/urfave/cli/issues/2348
+	// workaround: load it directly here
+	conf := cfg.NewConfig()
+	if err := conf.Init(); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	roles, err := es.RoleNames(conf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, role := range roles {
+		fmt.Println(role)
+	}
+
+}
+
+func completeCluster(cmd *cli.Command) {
+	if cmd.NArg() > 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// FIXME: config should load from root.Before(), see https://github.com/urfave/cli/issues/2348
+	// workaround: load it directly here
+	conf := cfg.NewConfig()
+	if err := conf.Init(); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	for cluster := range conf.Clusters {
+		fmt.Println(cluster)
+	}
+}

cmd/doc.go

@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ func Doc(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 
 		Commands: []*cli.Command{
 			DocAdd(conf),
-			//Delete(conf),
+			DocShow(conf),
+			DocDelete(conf),
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -43,16 +44,120 @@ func DocAdd(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 		Name:      "add",
 		Aliases:   []string{"+"},
 		Usage:     "add JSON document index",
-		UsageText: "add [options] <index> '<json-doc>'",
+		UsageText: "add [options] -i <index> '<json-doc>'",
+
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "index",
+				Usage:       "index to work on",
+				Sources:     cli.EnvVars("ES_INDEX"),
+				Destination: &conf.Index,
+				Aliases:     []string{"i"},
+			},
+		},
 
 		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
 			args := cmd.Args()
 
-			if args.Len() != 2 {
-				return errors.New("missing arguments: <index> <json-doc>")
+			if args.Len() != 1 {
+				return errors.New("missing arguments: <json-doc>")
 			}
 
-			return es.DocAdd(conf, cmd.Args().Get(0), cmd.Args().Get(1))
+			return es.DocAdd(conf, cmd.Args().Get(0))
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func DocShow(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:      "show",
+		Aliases:   []string{"sh"},
+		Usage:     "show a JSON document",
+		UsageText: "show [options] -i <index> <id>",
+
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "index",
+				Usage:       "index to work on",
+				Sources:     cli.EnvVars("ES_INDEX"),
+				Destination: &conf.Index,
+				Aliases:     []string{"i"},
+			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "path",
+				Usage:       "jsonPath filter (e.g. source.message)",
+				Destination: &conf.Path,
+				Aliases:     []string{"p"},
+			},
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			args := cmd.Args()
+
+			if args.Len() != 1 {
+				return errors.New("missing arguments: <id>")
+			}
+
+			return es.DocShow(conf, cmd.Args().Get(0))
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func DocDelete(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:      "delete",
+		Aliases:   []string{"rm"},
+		Usage:     "delete JSON document[s] from index[es]",
+		UsageText: "delete [options] -i <index> [<[field<sep>]pattern> ...]\n" + SearchUsage,
+
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "all",
+				Usage:       "delete all docs (dangerous!)",
+				Destination: &conf.All,
+				Aliases:     []string{"a"},
+			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "index",
+				Usage:       "index to work on",
+				Sources:     cli.EnvVars("ES_INDEX"),
+				Destination: &conf.Index,
+				Aliases:     []string{"i"},
+			},
+			&cli.StringSliceFlag{
+				Name:        "filter",
+				Usage:       "additional boolean filters. format: key=value",
+				Destination: &conf.Filter,
+				Aliases:     []string{"F"},
+			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "timerange",
+				Usage:       "field:<date> to <date> (e.g. @timestamp:2026-05-05 to 2026-05-15)",
+				Destination: &conf.Range,
+				Aliases:     []string{"r"},
+			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "timestamp-format",
+				Usage:       "a valid ES builtin timestamp or custom format",
+				Destination: &conf.TimestampFormat,
+				Value:       "strict_date_hour_minute",
+			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "or",
+				Usage:       "logical operator (default: and)",
+				Destination: &conf.Or,
+				Aliases:     []string{"O"},
+			},
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			args := cmd.Args()
+
+			if args.Len() == 0 && !conf.All {
+				return errors.New("missing arguments: <query>")
+			}
+
+			return es.DocDelete(conf, cmd.Args().Slice())
 		},
 	}
 }

cmd/index.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
@@ -37,6 +38,11 @@ func Index(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 			IndexShow(conf),
 			IndexCreate(conf),
 			IndexDelete(conf),
+			IndexClose(conf),
+			IndexAllocation(conf),
+			IndexModify(conf),
+			IndexAlias(conf),
+			IndexFields(conf),
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -66,6 +72,12 @@ func IndexList(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 				Destination: &conf.Failed,
 				Aliases:     []string{"r"},
 			},
+			&cli.StringSliceFlag{
+				Name:        "filter",
+				Usage:       "show only indicies matching the filter",
+				Destination: &conf.Filter,
+				Aliases:     []string{"F"},
+			},
 		},
 
 		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
@@ -74,6 +86,38 @@ func IndexList(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 	}
 }
 
+func IndexAllocation(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:    "allocation",
+		Aliases: []string{"a"},
+		Usage:   "explain index allocation",
+
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.IntFlag{
+				Name:        "shard",
+				Usage:       "shard number to explain for",
+				Destination: &conf.Shards,
+				Aliases:     []string{"s"},
+			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "primary",
+				Usage:       "explain primary allocation (default true)",
+				Destination: &conf.Primary,
+				Aliases:     []string{"p"},
+			},
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			index := cmd.Args().Get(0)
+			if index == "" {
+				return errors.New("no index specified")
+			}
+
+			return es.IndexAllocation(conf, cmd.Args().Get(0))
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 func IndexShow(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 	return &cli.Command{
 		Name:    "show",
@@ -81,26 +125,16 @@ func IndexShow(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 		Usage:   "show details about an index",
 
 		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
-			return es.IndexShow(conf, cmd.Args().Get(0))
+			index := cmd.Args().Get(0)
+			if index == "" {
+				return errors.New("no index specified")
+			}
 
+			return es.IndexShow(conf, cmd.Args().Get(0))
 		},
 
-		// FIXME: doesn't work at all
-		// FIXME: also it would ONLY work if the user uses env vars, -C would not be
-		//        there when the completion output is being generated
 		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
-			if cmd.NArg() > 0 {
-				return
-			}
-
-			indices, err := es.IndexNames(conf)
-			if err != nil {
-				return
-			}
-
-			for _, index := range indices {
-				fmt.Println(index)
-			}
+			completeIndex(cmd)
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -110,6 +144,8 @@ func IndexCreate(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 		Name:    "create",
 		Aliases: []string{"+"},
 		Usage:   "create a new index",
+		UsageText: `create <name> <fieldmapping:type>...
+Valid field mapping types: integer, text, date, keyword`,
 
 		Flags: []cli.Flag{
 			&cli.BoolFlag{
@@ -147,12 +183,115 @@ func IndexCreate(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 
 func IndexDelete(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 	return &cli.Command{
-		Name:    "delete",
-		Aliases: []string{"rm"},
-		Usage:   "delete an index",
+		Name:      "delete",
+		Aliases:   []string{"rm"},
+		Usage:     "delete an index",
+		UsageText: "delete <index>",
+
+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			completeIndex(cmd)
+		},
 
 		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			index := cmd.Args().Get(0)
+			if index == "" {
+				return errors.New("no index specified")
+			}
+
 			return es.IndexDelete(conf, cmd.Args().Get(0))
 		},
 	}
 }
+
+func IndexClose(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:      "close",
+		Usage:     "close an index",
+		UsageText: "close <index>",
+
+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			completeIndex(cmd)
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			index := cmd.Args().Get(0)
+			if index == "" {
+				return errors.New("no index specified")
+			}
+
+			return es.IndexClose(conf, cmd.Args().Get(0))
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func IndexModify(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:      "modify",
+		Usage:     "modify an index",
+		UsageText: "modify <index[,index,...]|_all>",
+
+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			completeIndex(cmd)
+		},
+
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.IntFlag{
+				Name:        "replicas",
+				Usage:       "number of replicas",
+				Destination: &conf.Replicas,
+				Aliases:     []string{"r"},
+			},
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			index := cmd.Args().Get(0)
+			if index == "" {
+				return errors.New("no index specified")
+			}
+
+			return es.IndexModify(conf, index)
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func IndexFields(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:      "fields",
+		Usage:     "show info about field capabilities",
+		UsageText: "index fields <index>",
+
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "aggretable",
+				Usage:       "include only aggretable fields",
+				Destination: &conf.Aggretable,
+				Aliases:     []string{"a"},
+			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "searchable",
+				Usage:       "include only searchable fields",
+				Destination: &conf.Searchable,
+				Aliases:     []string{"s"},
+			},
+			&cli.StringSliceFlag{
+				Name:        "type",
+				Usage:       "show only fields of this type",
+				Destination: &conf.Filter,
+				Aliases:     []string{"t"},
+			},
+		},
+
+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			completeIndex(cmd)
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			index := cmd.Args().Get(0)
+			if index == "" {
+				return errors.New("no index specified")
+			}
+
+			return es.IndexFields(conf, index)
+		},
+	}
+}

cmd/index_alias.go

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/es"
+
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+)
+
+func IndexAlias(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:    "alias",
+		Aliases: []string{"a"},
+		Usage:   "manage index aliases",
+
+		Commands: []*cli.Command{
+			IndexAliasCreate(conf),
+			IndexAliasList(conf),
+			IndexAliasDelete(conf),
+			// FIXME: implement IndexAliasShow + IndexAliasAdd
+			//IndexAliasShow(conf),
+			//IndexAliasAdd(conf), // see https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/operation/operation-indices-update-aliases
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func IndexAliasCreate(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:      "create",
+		Aliases:   []string{"+"},
+		Usage:     "create an index alias",
+		UsageText: "create <index> <alias>",
+
+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			completeIndex(cmd)
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			index := cmd.Args().Get(0)
+			alias := cmd.Args().Get(1)
+
+			if index == "" || alias == "" {
+				return errors.New("no index or alias specified")
+			}
+
+			return es.IndexAliasCreate(conf, index, alias)
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func IndexAliasDelete(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:      "delete",
+		Aliases:   []string{"rm"},
+		Usage:     "delete an index alias",
+		UsageText: "delete <index> <alias>",
+
+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			completeIndex(cmd)
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			index := cmd.Args().Get(0)
+			alias := cmd.Args().Get(1)
+
+			if index == "" || alias == "" {
+				return errors.New("no index or alias specified")
+			}
+
+			return es.IndexAliasDelete(conf, index, alias)
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func IndexAliasList(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:    "list",
+		Aliases: []string{"ls"},
+		Usage:   "list index aliases",
+
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.StringSliceFlag{
+				Name:        "filter",
+				Usage:       "show only aliases for indicies matching the filter",
+				Destination: &conf.Filter,
+				Aliases:     []string{"F"},
+			},
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			return es.IndexAliasList(conf)
+		},
+	}
+}

cmd/node.go

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ func NodeShow(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 		UsageText: "show [options] <node>",
 
 		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			// FIXME: implement es.NodeShow()
 			// return es.NodeShow(conf, cmd.Args().Get(0))
 			return nil
 		},

cmd/repl.go

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/es"
+
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+)
+
+func Repl(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:    "repl",
+		Aliases: []string{"shell"},
+		Usage:   "interactive API repl",
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			return es.Repl(conf)
+		},
+	}
+}

cmd/roles.go

@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/es"
+
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+)
+
+func Roles(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:  "role",
+		Usage: "manage roles",
+
+		Commands: []*cli.Command{
+			RoleList(conf),
+			RoleShow(conf),
+			RoleDiff(conf),
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func RoleList(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:    "list",
+		Aliases: []string{"ls"},
+		Usage:   "list roles",
+
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "orphaned",
+				Usage:       "include only orphaned roles",
+				Destination: &conf.Failed,
+				Aliases:     []string{"o"},
+			},
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			return es.RoleList(conf)
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func RoleShow(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:      "show",
+		Aliases:   []string{"sh"},
+		Usage:     "show details about a role",
+		UsageText: "show [options] <role>",
+
+		ShellComplete: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) {
+			completeRole(cmd)
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			index := cmd.Args().Get(0)
+			if index == "" {
+				return errors.New("no role specified")
+			}
+
+			return es.RoleShow(conf, cmd.Args().Get(0))
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func RoleDiff(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:  "diff",
+		Usage: "show differences between roles and CSV baseline",
+		UsageText: `diff [options] <file.csv> [<role>]
+CSV format:
+index_name;role;index_privilege;cluster_privilege;ad_group;space;retention;kibana_privilege;field_privilege`,
+
+		MutuallyExclusiveFlags: []cli.MutuallyExclusiveFlags{{
+			Flags: [][]cli.Flag{
+				{
+					&cli.BoolFlag{
+						Name:        "not-deployed",
+						Usage:       "include only not deployed but defined roles",
+						Destination: &conf.NotDeployed,
+						Aliases:     []string{"n"},
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					&cli.BoolFlag{
+						Name:        "undefined",
+						Usage:       "include only deployed but undefined roles",
+						Destination: &conf.Undefined,
+						Aliases:     []string{"u"},
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					&cli.BoolFlag{
+						Name:        "diff",
+						Usage:       "include only differing roles",
+						Destination: &conf.Diff,
+						Aliases:     []string{"D"},
+					},
+				},
+			}},
+		},
+
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "separator",
+				Usage:       "CSV field separator",
+				Destination: &conf.Separator,
+				Aliases:     []string{"s"},
+				Value:       ",",
+			},
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			csvfile := cmd.Args().Get(0)
+			if csvfile == "" {
+				return errors.New("no CSV file specified")
+			}
+
+			return es.RoleDiff(conf, cmd.Args().Get(0), cmd.Args().Get(1))
+		},
+	}
+}

cmd/root.go

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/es"
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/log"
 
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
@@ -40,9 +41,9 @@ func Main() int {
 	conf := cfg.NewConfig()
 
 	cmd := &cli.Command{
-		Name:                  "esctl",
-		Usage:                 "manage elasticsearch from cli",
-		Version:               cfg.Version,
+		Name:  "esctl",
+		Usage: "manage elasticsearch from cli",
+		//Version:               cfg.Version,
 		EnableShellCompletion: true,
 
 		Flags: []cli.Flag{
@@ -54,6 +55,12 @@ func Main() int {
 				Sources:     cli.EnvVars("ES_DEBUG"),
 				Destination: &conf.Debug,
 			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "debug-http",
+				Value:       false,
+				Usage:       "enable HTTP debugging",
+				Destination: &conf.DebugHTTP,
+			},
 			&cli.StringFlag{
 				Name:        "config",
 				Aliases:     []string{"c"},
@@ -69,16 +76,29 @@ func Main() int {
 				Usage:       "cluster alias to work with",
 				Destination: &conf.CurrentCluster,
 			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "output",
+				Aliases:     []string{"o"},
+				Value:       "",
+				Usage:       "output mode (tsv, markdown, json, yaml) default: tsv",
+				Destination: &conf.Output,
+			},
 		},
 
 		Commands: []*cli.Command{
 			Search(conf),
-			Index(conf),
-			Snapshot(conf),
 			Cluster(conf),
 			Ccr(conf),
+			Index(conf),
+			Shard(conf),
+			Snapshot(conf),
 			Node(conf),
 			Doc(conf),
+			Repl(conf),
+			Version(conf),
+			Debug(conf),
+			Roles(conf),
+			HelpJsonPath(conf),
 		},
 
 		Before: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) (context.Context, error) {
@@ -99,3 +119,76 @@ func Main() int {
 
 	return Finish(cmd.Run(context.Background(), os.Args))
 }
+
+func HelpJsonPath(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	msg := `jsonPath usage:
+
+name.last          >> "Anderson"
+age                >> 37
+children           >> ["Sara","Alex","Jack"]
+children.#         >> 3
+children.1         >> "Alex"
+child*.2           >> "Jack"
+c?ildren.0         >> "Sara"
+fav\.movie         >> "Deer Hunter"
+friends.#.first    >> ["Dale","Roger","Jane"]
+friends.1.last     >> "Craig"
+
+You can also  query an array for  the first match by  using #(...), or
+find all matches  with #(...)#. Queries support the ==,  !=, <, <=, >,
+>= comparison operators  and the simple pattern matching  % (like) and
+!% (not like) operators. Eg:
+
+friends.#(last=="Murphy").first    >> "Dale"
+friends.#(last=="Murphy")#.first   >> ["Dale","Jane"]
+friends.#(age>45)#.last            >> ["Craig","Murphy"]
+friends.#(first%"D*").last         >> "Murphy"
+friends.#(first!%"D*").last        >> "Craig"
+friends.#(nets.#(=="fb"))#.first   >> ["Dale","Roger"]
+
+Documentation: https://github.com/tidwall/gjson/blob/master/SYNTAX.md`
+
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:  "help-jsonpath",
+		Usage: "show jsonpath help",
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			_, err := fmt.Println(msg)
+			return err
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func Version(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:  "version",
+		Usage: "show esctl version information",
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			_, err := fmt.Printf("esctl version: %s\n  build: %s\n  branch: %s\n  commit: %s\n  go version: %s\n  API Version: %s\n",
+				cfg.Version, cfg.BUILD, cfg.BRANCH, cfg.COMMIT, cfg.GOVERSION, cfg.APIVERSION)
+			return err
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func Debug(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:  "debug",
+		Usage: "developer only",
+
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "index",
+				Usage:       "index to search within",
+				Sources:     cli.EnvVars("ES_INDEX"),
+				Destination: &conf.Index,
+				Aliases:     []string{"i"},
+			},
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			return es.Debug(conf)
+		},
+	}
+}

cmd/search.go

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/es"
@@ -26,12 +25,33 @@ import (
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
 )
 
+const SearchUsage = `<sep> might be one of:
+ =: Must match
+!=: Must not match
+
+You can omit a field spec and thereby search across all fields.
+
+By default all queries contribute to matches (logical AND), use
+-O to apply a logical OR operator.
+
+You can also search multiple fields by separating them with comma, eg:
+user,group=root
+
+Use filters to further restrict results, they must match literally.
+
+For datetime range format refer to:
+https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/rest-apis/common-options#date-math
+
+For timestamp formats refer to:
+https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/mapping-reference/mapping-date-format
+`
+
 func Search(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 	return &cli.Command{
 		Name:      "search",
 		Aliases:   []string{"/"},
 		Usage:     "search within an index",
-		UsageText: "search [options] <field=pattern> ...",
+		UsageText: "search [options] [<[field<sep>]pattern> ...]\n" + SearchUsage,
 
 		Flags: []cli.Flag{
 			&cli.StringFlag{
@@ -43,30 +63,86 @@ func Search(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 			},
 			&cli.IntFlag{
 				Name:        "from",
-				Usage:       "show results FROM (default 0)",
+				Usage:       "show results starting at <from>",
 				Destination: &conf.From,
 				Value:       0,
 				Aliases:     []string{"f"},
 			},
 			&cli.IntFlag{
-				Name:        "to",
-				Usage:       "show results to (default 10)",
+				Name:        "len",
+				Usage:       "number of results to show (-1: all[max:10k], caution: might be slow)",
 				Destination: &conf.To,
-				Value:       10,
-				Aliases:     []string{"t"},
+				Value:       20,
+				Aliases:     []string{"l"},
 			},
 			&cli.StringSliceFlag{
 				Name:        "filter",
-				Usage:       "additional filters. format: key=value",
+				Usage:       "additional boolean filters. format: key=value",
 				Destination: &conf.Filter,
 				Aliases:     []string{"F"},
 			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "jsonpath",
+				Usage:       "jsonPath filter (e.g. source.message)",
+				Destination: &conf.Path,
+				Aliases:     []string{"p"},
+			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "timerange",
+				Usage:       "field:<date> to <date> (e.g. @timestamp:2026-05-05 to 2026-05-15)",
+				Destination: &conf.Range,
+				Aliases:     []string{"r"},
+			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "timestamp-format",
+				Usage:       "a valid ES builtin timestamp or custom format",
+				Destination: &conf.TimestampFormat,
+				Value:       "strict_date_hour_minute",
+			},
+			&cli.StringFlag{
+				Name:        "sort-by",
+				Usage:       "sort by a field",
+				Destination: &conf.SortBy,
+				Value:       "@timestamp",
+				Aliases:     []string{"k"},
+			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "ascending",
+				Usage:       "sort in ascending order (default: descending)",
+				Destination: &conf.Ascending,
+				Aliases:     []string{"a"},
+			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "tail",
+				Usage:       "follow search live, like tail -f",
+				Destination: &conf.Tail,
+				Aliases:     []string{"T"},
+			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "or",
+				Usage:       "logical operator (default: and)",
+				Destination: &conf.Or,
+				Aliases:     []string{"O"},
+			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "validate",
+				Usage:       "validate search query",
+				Destination: &conf.Validate,
+				Aliases:     []string{"v"},
+			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "explain",
+				Usage:       "explain search query",
+				Destination: &conf.Explain,
+				Aliases:     []string{"e"},
+			},
 		},
 
 		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
 			args := cmd.Args()
-			if args.Len() == 0 {
-				return errors.New("at least one query must be specified (format: field=pattern)")
+
+			if conf.To == -1 {
+				conf.To = 10000
 			}
 
 			return es.Search(conf, args.Slice())

cmd/shards.go

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/es"
+
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+)
+
+func Shard(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:    "shard",
+		Aliases: []string{"s"},
+		Usage:   "manage shards",
+
+		Commands: []*cli.Command{
+			ShardList(conf),
+			ShardShow(conf),
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func ShardList(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:    "list",
+		Aliases: []string{"ls"},
+		Usage:   "list shards",
+
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.IntFlag{
+				Name:        "max",
+				Usage:       "max number of items to process",
+				Destination: &conf.MaxItems,
+				Aliases:     []string{"m"},
+			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "reds",
+				Usage:       "include only failed shards",
+				Destination: &conf.Failed,
+				Aliases:     []string{"r"},
+			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "primaries",
+				Usage:       "show only primary shards",
+				Destination: &conf.Primary,
+				Aliases:     []string{"p"},
+			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "verbose",
+				Usage:       "show node name and ip as well",
+				Destination: &conf.Verbose,
+				Aliases:     []string{"v"},
+			},
+		},
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			return es.ShardList(conf)
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func ShardShow(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:    "show",
+		Aliases: []string{"sh"},
+		Usage:   "show details about a shard",
+
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
+			index := cmd.Args().Get(0)
+			if index == "" {
+				return errors.New("no index specified")
+			}
+
+			return es.ShardShow(conf, index)
+		},
+	}
+}

commandtree.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+getcommands() {
+    local command
+    command="$*"
+
+    if ! test "$command" = "help"; then
+        ./esctl $command -h | sed -e '/^COMMANDS:/,/^$/!d;//d' -e 's/^   //' -e 's/[, ].*//' | sort
+    fi
+}
+
+printcommands() {
+    local indent basecommand commands command
+    indent="$1"
+    basecommand="$2"
+    commands="$3"
+
+    for command in $commands; do
+        echo "$indent" "$command"
+
+        commands=$(getcommands $basecommand $command)
+        
+        if test -n "$commands"; then
+            printcommands "${indent}    " "$basecommand $command" "$commands"
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+
+commands=$(getcommands "")
+printcommands "" "" "$commands"

go.mod

@@ -17,30 +17,39 @@ module codeberg.org/scip/esctl
 go 1.25.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.5.2 // indirect
+	github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.5.2
+	github.com/chzyer/readline v1.5.1
+	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1
+	github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.11.0
+	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9 v9.3.4
+	github.com/fatih/color v1.19.0
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.22
+	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v1.1.4
+	github.com/tlinden/yadu v0.1.3
+	github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.9.1-0.20260524212652-be8b79d0c8de
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
+)
+
+require (
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/clipperhouse/displaywidth v0.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/clipperhouse/uax29/v2 v2.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.11.0 // indirect
-	github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9 v9.3.2 // indirect
-	github.com/fatih/color v1.19.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.6 // indirect
 	github.com/lmittmann/tint v1.1.3 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.21 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.19 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.23 // indirect
 	github.com/olekukonko/cat v0.0.0-20250911104152-50322a0618f6 // indirect
 	github.com/olekukonko/errors v1.2.0 // indirect
-	github.com/olekukonko/ll v0.1.6 // indirect
-	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v1.1.4 // indirect
-	github.com/tlinden/yadu v0.1.3 // indirect
-	github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/olekukonko/ll v0.1.8 // indirect
+	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.19.0 // indirect
+	github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.35.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.35.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.35.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20260410095643-746e56fc9e2f // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.42.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )

go.sum

@@ -2,16 +2,24 @@ github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.5.2 h1:SU73FTI9D1P5UNtvseffFSGmdNci/O6RsqzeXJtP0Qs
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.5.2/go.mod h1:Fr0507jx4eOXV7AlPV6AVZLYrLIuIeSOWtW57eE/O/4=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
+github.com/chzyer/logex v1.2.1/go.mod h1:JLbx6lG2kDbNRFnfkgvh4eRJRPX1QCoOIWomwysCBrQ=
+github.com/chzyer/readline v1.5.1 h1:upd/6fQk4src78LMRzh5vItIt361/o4uq553V8B5sGI=
+github.com/chzyer/readline v1.5.1/go.mod h1:Eh+b79XXUwfKfcPLepksvw2tcLE/Ct21YObkaSkeBlk=
+github.com/chzyer/test v1.0.0/go.mod h1:2JlltgoNkt4TW/z9V/IzDdFaMTM2JPIi26O1pF38GC8=
 github.com/clipperhouse/displaywidth v0.10.0 h1:GhBG8WuerxjFQQYeuZAeVTuyxuX+UraiZGD4HJQ3Y8g=
 github.com/clipperhouse/displaywidth v0.10.0/go.mod h1:XqJajYsaiEwkxOj4bowCTMcT1SgvHo9flfF3jQasdbs=
 github.com/clipperhouse/uax29/v2 v2.6.0 h1:z0cDbUV+aPASdFb2/ndFnS9ts/WNXgTNNGFoKXuhpos=
 github.com/clipperhouse/uax29/v2 v2.6.0/go.mod h1:Wn1g7MK6OoeDT0vL+Q0SQLDz/KpfsVRgg6W7ihQeh4g=
+github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 h1:GzkhY7T5VNhEkwH0PVJgjz+fX1rhBrR7pRT3mDkpeCY=
+github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1/go.mod h1:Mu1zIs6XwVuF/gI1OepvI0qD18qycQx+mFykh5fBlto=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.9.0 h1:KeT/2P54F0xS0S8Y3Pf+tFDg4HmBgReQMB+BMz8dDAs=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.9.0/go.mod h1:ssMTvNS2hwf7CaiGsRRsx4gQHFZ/jS/DkLcISxekWzc=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.11.0 h1:taYmqC2M6+fZt/+W+ENYh/W5L9+KrlJGOSbEJs8egWc=
 github.com/elastic/elastic-transport-go/v8 v8.11.0/go.mod h1:DZQ0szCNywc9F+C9l/Kkd4n69SvJVj0I3yK1Of7s3l8=
 github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9 v9.3.2 h1:nvtvfN/Gsp/rzUPz/9yILwDAsYJ3s5L0VmhR16zPKCA=
 github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9 v9.3.2/go.mod h1:ubKUMJCJbX5V/gW5MIn2NQZyaEZ61ubXwJmD5UMNrM8=
+github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9 v9.3.4 h1:vnqXl6jnlA+ZwlfRaKF9BR9woZC1KSB17gtyvgf8zVU=
+github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9 v9.3.4/go.mod h1:ubKUMJCJbX5V/gW5MIn2NQZyaEZ61ubXwJmD5UMNrM8=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0 h1:zmkK9Ngbjj+K0yRhTVONQh1p/HknKYSlNT+vZCzyokM=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0/go.mod h1:fL2Sau1YI5c0pdGEVCbKQbLXB6edEj1ZgiY4NijnWvE=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0 h1:S8gINlzdQ840/4pfAwic/ZE0djQEH3wM94VfqLTZcOM=
@@ -23,6 +31,8 @@ github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3 h1:CjnDlHq8ikf6E492q6eKboGOC0T8CDaOvkHCIg8idEI=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ40KvY=
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
+github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.6 h1:p8HrPJzOakx/mn/bQtjgNjdTcN+/S6FcG2CTtQOrHVU=
+github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.6/go.mod h1:oq7eo15ShAhp70Anwd5lgX2pLfOS3QCiwU/PULtXL6M=
 github.com/lmittmann/tint v1.1.3 h1:Hv4EaHWXQr+GTFnOU4VKf8UvAtZgn0VuKT+G0wFlO3I=
 github.com/lmittmann/tint v1.1.3/go.mod h1:HIS3gSy7qNwGCj+5oRjAutErFBl4BzdQP6cJZ0NfMwE=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
@@ -32,20 +42,36 @@ github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14/go.mod h1:6LmQG8QLFO4G5z1gPvYEzlUgJ2wF+stg
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.21 h1:xYae+lCNBP7QuW4PUnNG61ffM4hVIfm+zUzDuSzYLGs=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.21/go.mod h1:ZXfXG4SQHsB/w3ZeOYbR0PrPwLy+n6xiMrJlRFqopa4=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.22 h1:j8l17JJ9i6VGPUFUYoTUKPSgKe/83EYU2zBC7YNKMw4=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.22/go.mod h1:ZXfXG4SQHsB/w3ZeOYbR0PrPwLy+n6xiMrJlRFqopa4=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.19 h1:v++JhqYnZuu5jSKrk9RbgF5v4CGUjqRfBm05byFGLdw=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.19/go.mod h1:XBkDxAl56ILZc9knddidhrOlY5R/pDhgLpndooCuJAs=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.23 h1:7ykA0T0jkPpzSvMS5i9uoNn2Xy3R383f9HDx3RybWcw=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.23/go.mod h1:XBkDxAl56ILZc9knddidhrOlY5R/pDhgLpndooCuJAs=
 github.com/olekukonko/cat v0.0.0-20250911104152-50322a0618f6 h1:zrbMGy9YXpIeTnGj4EljqMiZsIcE09mmF8XsD5AYOJc=
 github.com/olekukonko/cat v0.0.0-20250911104152-50322a0618f6/go.mod h1:rEKTHC9roVVicUIfZK7DYrdIoM0EOr8mK1Hj5s3JjH0=
 github.com/olekukonko/errors v1.2.0 h1:10Zcn4GeV59t/EGqJc8fUjtFT/FuUh5bTMzZ1XwmCRo=
 github.com/olekukonko/errors v1.2.0/go.mod h1:ppzxA5jBKcO1vIpCXQ9ZqgDh8iwODz6OXIGKU8r5m4Y=
 github.com/olekukonko/ll v0.1.6 h1:lGVTHO+Qc4Qm+fce/2h2m5y9LvqaW+DCN7xW9hsU3uA=
 github.com/olekukonko/ll v0.1.6/go.mod h1:NVUmjBb/aCtUpjKk75BhWrOlARz3dqsM+OtszpY4o88=
+github.com/olekukonko/ll v0.1.8 h1:ysHCJRGHYKzmBSdz9w5AySztx7lG8SQY+naTGYUbsz8=
+github.com/olekukonko/ll v0.1.8/go.mod h1:RPRC6UcscfFZgjo1nulkfMH5IM0QAYim0LfnMvUuozw=
 github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v1.1.4 h1:ORUMI3dXbMnRlRggJX3+q7OzQFDdvgbN9nVWj1drm6I=
 github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v1.1.4/go.mod h1:+kedxuyTtgoZLwif3P1Em4hARJs+mVnzKxmsCL/C5RY=
+github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.19.0 h1:xwxm7n691Uf3u5OFjzngavjGTh55KX5q/9w9xHW88JU=
+github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.19.0/go.mod h1:V37/opeE/JbLUOfH0QTXiNez2l0RUjYUhpT4szFQAfc=
+github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 h1:+Ho715JplO36QYgwN9PGYNhgZvoUSc9X2c80KVTi+GA=
+github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1/go.mod h1:eRSPERbgtNPcGhD8UCthc6PmLEQXEWd3PRB5JTxsfmM=
+github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.0 h1:RWIZEg2iJ8/g6fDDYzMpobmaoGh5OLl4AXtGUGPcqCs=
+github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.0/go.mod h1:ITEVvHYasfjBbM0u2Pg8T2nJnzm8xPwvNhhsoaGGjNU=
 github.com/tlinden/yadu v0.1.3 h1:5cRCUmj+l5yvlM2irtpFBIJwVV2DPEgYSaWvF19FtcY=
 github.com/tlinden/yadu v0.1.3/go.mod h1:l3bRmHKL9zGAR6pnBHY2HRPxBecf7L74BoBgOOpTcUA=
 github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.8.0 h1:XqKPrm0q4P0q5JpoclYoCAv0/MIvH/jZ2umzuf8pNTI=
 github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.8.0/go.mod h1:ysVLtOEmg2tOy6PknnYVhDoouyC/6N42TMeoMzskhso=
+github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.9.0 h1:AV9lIiPv3ukYnxunaCUsHnEozptYmDN2F0+yWqLMn/c=
+github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.9.0/go.mod h1:ysVLtOEmg2tOy6PknnYVhDoouyC/6N42TMeoMzskhso=
+github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.9.1-0.20260524212652-be8b79d0c8de h1:ESKPiS7inVoBnv4FmgGNZdjWBI/wmvaragoyD3D9nM4=
+github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.9.1-0.20260524212652-be8b79d0c8de/go.mod h1:ysVLtOEmg2tOy6PknnYVhDoouyC/6N42TMeoMzskhso=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0 h1:cH53jehLUN6UFLY71z+NDOiNJqDdPRaXzTel0sJySYA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/auto/sdk v1.1.0/go.mod h1:3wSPjt5PWp2RhlCcmmOial7AvC4DQqZb7a7wCow3W8A=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.35.0 h1:xKWKPxrxB6OtMCbmMY021CqC45J+3Onta9MqjhnusiQ=
@@ -56,6 +82,7 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.35.0 h1:dPpEfJu1sDIqruz7BHFG3c7528f6ddfSWfFDVt
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.35.0/go.mod h1:WUk7DtFp1Aw2MkvqGdwiXYDZZNvA/1J8o6xRXLrIkyc=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20260410095643-746e56fc9e2f h1:W3F4c+6OLc6H2lb//N1q4WpJkhzJCK5J6kUi1NTVXfM=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20260410095643-746e56fc9e2f/go.mod h1:J1xhfL/vlindoeF/aINzNzt2Bket5bjo9sdOYzOsU80=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220310020820-b874c991c1a5/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 h1:Fksou7UEQUWlKvIdsqzJmUmCX3cZuD2+P3XyyzwMhlA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=

pkg/cfg/config.go

@@ -17,10 +17,13 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 package cfg
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 
@@ -31,7 +34,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	Version string = `v0.0.8`
+	Version string = `v0.0.18`
+)
+
+var (
+	// initialized during build, see Makefile:buildlocal
+	APIVERSION, GOVERSION, BUILD, COMMIT, BRANCH string
 )
 
 type Cluster struct {
@@ -43,17 +51,38 @@ type Config struct {
 	ConfigFile                     string // -c
 	CurrentCluster                 string // -C
 	Debug                          bool   // -d
+	Output                         string // -o <mode>
 	Clusters                       map[string]*Cluster
 	DefaultCluster                 *Cluster
 	Index                          string   // index: -i
 	Failed, Partials               bool     // index: flags
-	Shards, Replicas               int      // index create: -s -r
+	Shards, Replicas               int      // index create+allocation: -s -r
 	Wait                           bool     // index create: -w
+	Primary                        bool     // index allocation: -p
+	Searchable                     bool     // index fields: -s
+	Aggretable                     bool     // index fields: -a
 	From, To, MaxItems             int      // search: flags
 	Filter                         []string // search: -F
+	Path                           string   // search+doc sh: -p
+	Subhelp                        bool     // search+doc sh: -H
+	Tail                           bool     // search: -f [tail]
+	Or                             bool     // search: -O
+	Range                          string   // search: -r
+	TimestampFormat                string   // search: --timestamp-format
+	Explain                        bool     // search: -e
+	Validate                       bool     // search: --validate
+	SortBy                         string   // sort: -k
+	Ascending                      bool     // sort: -a
 	Exclude                        string   // cluster compare: -e (regexp)
-	All                            bool     // cluster status: -a
+	All, Verbose                   bool     // cluster status: -a -v
 	Persistent, Transient, Default bool     // -p -t -D cluster settings set
+	Force                          bool     // ccr follower renew: -f
+	HaveJQ                         bool     // determined at runtime by ourselfes
+	DebugHTTP                      bool     // root: --debug-http
+	Separator                      string   // role diff: -s
+	NotDeployed                    bool     // role diff: -n
+	Undefined                      bool     // role diff: -u
+	Diff                           bool     // role diff: -D
 }
 
 func NewConfig() *Config {
@@ -109,6 +138,8 @@ func (conf *Config) Init() error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	conf.HaveJQ = isJQinstalled()
+
 	conf.PrintDebug()
 
 	return nil
@@ -187,18 +218,26 @@ func (conf *Config) LoadConfig() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (conf *Config) getTransport() elastictransport.Option {
+	transport := &http.Transport{
+		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true},
+	}
+
+	if conf.DebugHTTP {
+		return elastictransport.WithTransport(
+			&DebugTransport{Transport: transport},
+		)
+	}
+
+	return elastictransport.WithTransport(transport)
+}
+
 func (conf *Config) SetupES() error {
 	for _, cluster := range conf.Clusters {
 		es, err := elasticsearch.NewTyped(
 			elasticsearch.WithAddresses(cluster.Uri),
 			elasticsearch.WithBasicAuth(cluster.User, cluster.Pass),
-			elasticsearch.WithTransportOptions(
-				elastictransport.WithTransport(
-					&http.Transport{
-						TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true},
-					},
-				),
-			),
+			elasticsearch.WithTransportOptions(conf.getTransport()),
 		)
 
 		if err != nil {
@@ -211,6 +250,39 @@ func (conf *Config) SetupES() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// used to print uri, path and body of a request made by the go-client
+type DebugTransport struct {
+	Transport http.RoundTripper
+}
+
+func (t *DebugTransport) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	content := ""
+	contentline := ""
+
+	if req.ContentLength > 0 {
+		buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+		body, _ := req.GetBody()
+
+		_, err := buf.ReadFrom(body)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		var pretty bytes.Buffer
+		err = json.Indent(&pretty, buf.Bytes(), "", "\t")
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("json parse error: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		content = pretty.String()
+		contentline = buf.String()
+	}
+
+	slog.Info("req", "host", req.URL.Host, "uri", req.URL.Path, "body", content, "bodyline", contentline)
+
+	return t.Transport.RoundTrip(req)
+}
+
 func fileExists(filename string) bool {
 	info, err := os.Stat(filename)
 

pkg/cfg/jq.go

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+package cfg
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func isJQinstalled() bool {
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(context.Background(), "jq", "-h")
+	out, err := cmd.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if strings.Contains(string(out), "Usage") {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}

pkg/es/ccr.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"log/slog"
 
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types"
 )
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ func CcrStatus(conf *cfg.Config, leader, follower string) error {
 
 		res, err := cat.Do(context.Background())
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get indicies on %s: %s", alias, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get indicies on %s: %s", alias, esErrorString(err))
 		}
 
 		indices[alias] = make(map[string]*types.IndicesRecord, len(res))
@@ -85,3 +86,50 @@ func CcrStatus(conf *cfg.Config, leader, follower string) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func CcrRemoteInfo(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Cluster.RemoteInfo().
+		Header("content-type", "application/json").
+		Header("accept", "application/json").
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve follower info: %s", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	slog.Debug("ccr remote info", "info", res)
+
+	remote := ""
+	var info *types.ClusterRemoteProxyInfo
+
+	for name, data := range res {
+		remote = name
+		info = data.(*types.ClusterRemoteProxyInfo)
+		break
+	}
+
+	if remote == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cluster doesn't follow any other: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	mode := "follower"
+	if checkClusterIsLeader(conf, conf.CurrentCluster) {
+		mode = "leader"
+	}
+
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 5)
+	table.Addheaders("ccr remote property", "value")
+
+	table.Entries = [][]string{
+		{"Remote Cluster", remote},
+		{"CCR Mode", mode},
+		{"Connected", fmt.Sprintf("%t", info.Connected)},
+		{"Num Proxy Sockets Connected", fmt.Sprintf("%d", info.NumProxySocketsConnected)},
+		{"Proxy Address", info.ProxyAddress},
+	}
+
+	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}

pkg/es/ccr_follower.go

@@ -22,15 +22,16 @@ import (
 	"log/slog"
 
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
 )
 
-func CcrFollowerAdd(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
+func getRemoteName(conf *cfg.Config) (string, error) {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Cluster.RemoteInfo().
 		Header("content-type", "application/json").
 		Header("accept", "application/json").
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve follower info: %s", err)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve follower info: %s", esErrorString(err))
 	}
 
 	remote := ""
@@ -40,7 +41,99 @@ func CcrFollowerAdd(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 	}
 
 	if remote == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cluster doesn't have a follower: %s", err)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("cluster doesn't have a follower")
+	}
+
+	return remote, nil
+}
+
+func wrapError(call func(*cfg.Config, string) error, conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
+	err := call(conf, index)
+
+	if conf.Force {
+		fmt.Printf("caught error: %s, continuing anyway", err)
+	} else {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func CcrFollowerRenew(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
+	if err := wrapError(IndexClose, conf, index); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("closed %s", index)
+
+	if err := wrapError(CcrFollowerPause, conf, index); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("paused %s", index)
+
+	if err := wrapError(CcrFollowerUnfollow, conf, index); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("unfollowed %s", index)
+
+	if err := wrapError(IndexDelete, conf, index); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("deleted %s", index)
+
+	if err := CcrFollowerAdd(conf, index); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("added follower %s", index)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func CcrFollowerResume(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
+	create := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Ccr.ResumeFollow(index).
+		Header("content-type", "application/json").
+		Header("accept", "application/json")
+
+	_, err := create.Do(context.Background())
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to resume ccr following: %s", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func CcrFollowerPause(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
+	create := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Ccr.PauseFollow(index).
+		Header("content-type", "application/json").
+		Header("accept", "application/json")
+
+	_, err := create.Do(context.Background())
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to pause ccr following: %s", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func CcrFollowerUnfollow(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
+	create := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Ccr.ForgetFollower(index).
+		Header("content-type", "application/json").
+		Header("accept", "application/json")
+
+	_, err := create.Do(context.Background())
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to unfollow index: %s", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func CcrFollowerAdd(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
+	remote, err := getRemoteName(conf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	create := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Ccr.Follow(index).
@@ -56,7 +149,7 @@ func CcrFollowerAdd(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 	_, err = create.Do(context.Background())
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create follower index: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create follower index: %s", esErrorString(err))
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -68,7 +161,7 @@ func CcrFollowerShow(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 		Header("accept", "application/json").
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve follower index info: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve follower index info: %s", esErrorString(err))
 	}
 
 	slog.Debug("ES result", "follower stats", res.Indices)
@@ -83,10 +176,10 @@ func CcrFollowerShow(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 
 	follower := res.Indices[0].Shards[0]
 
-	table := NewTable(2, 9)
-	table.Addheaders("field", "value")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 9)
+	table.Addheaders("ccr follower property", "value")
 
-	table.entries = [][]string{
+	table.Entries = [][]string{
 		{"name", index},
 		{"remote_cluster", follower.RemoteCluster},
 		{"leader_checkpoint", fmt.Sprintf("%d", follower.LeaderGlobalCheckpoint)},
@@ -98,7 +191,7 @@ func CcrFollowerShow(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
 		{"successful_write_requests", fmt.Sprintf("%d", follower.SuccessfulWriteRequests)},
 	}
 
-	if err := table.PrintMarkdown(); err != nil {
+	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 

pkg/es/cluster.go

@@ -21,11 +21,15 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"slices"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
+	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/ccr/stats"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/cluster/health"
+	clusterstats "github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/cluster/stats"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/core/info"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types"
 )
@@ -34,6 +38,7 @@ const (
 	ResponseHealth = iota
 	ResponseInfo
 	ResponseCcr
+	ResponseStats
 )
 
 type ClusterIndices map[string]map[string]*types.IndicesRecord
@@ -43,11 +48,12 @@ type apiResponse struct {
 	info   *info.Response
 	health *health.Response
 	ccr    *stats.Response
+	stats  *clusterstats.Response
 	which  int
 }
 
 func ClusterList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
-	table := NewTable(3, len(conf.Clusters))
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, len(conf.Clusters))
 
 	table.Addheaders("cluster", "uri", "default")
 
@@ -71,13 +77,13 @@ func ClusterList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 			Do(context.Background())
 
 		if err == nil {
-			name = Colorize("green", name)
+			name = printer.Colorize(conf, "green", name)
 		}
 
-		table.entries[idx] = []string{name, cluster.Uri, fmt.Sprintf("%t", current)}
+		table.Entries[idx] = []string{name, cluster.Uri, fmt.Sprintf("%t", current)}
 	}
 
-	if err := table.PrintMarkdown(); err != nil {
+	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -88,6 +94,10 @@ func ClusterList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 // have to do 3 of'em for each cluster. This speeds things up.
 func ClusterStatus(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	clusters := []string{}
+	gocount := 3
+	if conf.Verbose {
+		gocount++
+	}
 
 	if conf.All {
 		for key := range conf.Clusters {
@@ -103,21 +113,26 @@ func ClusterStatus(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 			es = conf.Clusters[cluster].ES
 		}
 
-		responses := make(chan apiResponse, 3)
+		responses := make(chan apiResponse, gocount)
 		wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
 
-		wg.Add(3)
+		wg.Add(gocount)
 		go getClusterData(es, wg, responses, "health")
 		go getClusterData(es, wg, responses, "info")
 		go getClusterData(es, wg, responses, "ccrstats")
 
+		if conf.Verbose {
+			go getClusterData(es, wg, responses, "stats")
+		}
+
 		wg.Wait()
 
 		var clusterhealth *health.Response
 		var info *info.Response
 		var ccrstats *stats.Response
+		var clusterstats *clusterstats.Response
 
-		for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
+		for i := 0; i < gocount; i++ {
 			r := <-responses
 
 			if r.error != nil {
@@ -131,6 +146,8 @@ func ClusterStatus(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 				ccrstats = r.ccr
 			case ResponseInfo:
 				info = r.info
+			case ResponseStats:
+				clusterstats = r.stats
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -146,23 +163,71 @@ func ClusterStatus(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 			)
 		}
 
-		table := NewTable(2, 5)
+		table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 7)
 		table.Addheaders(cluster, "status")
 
-		table.entries = [][]string{
-			{"Cluster Name", Colorize(clusterhealth.Status.Name, clusterhealth.ClusterName)},
+		table.Entries = [][]string{
+			{"Cluster Name", clusterhealth.ClusterName},
+			{"ES Status", printer.Colorize(conf, clusterhealth.Status.Name, clusterhealth.Status.Name)},
 			{"ES Version", info.Version.Int},
 			{"Active Shards", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterhealth.ActiveShards)},
 			{"Active Primary Shards", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterhealth.ActivePrimaryShards)},
-			{"Indicies", fmt.Sprintf("%d", len(clusterhealth.Indices))},
 			{"Nodes", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterhealth.NumberOfNodes)},
 			{"AutoFollow (success/failed indices)", ccrfollowing},
 		}
 
-		if err := table.PrintMarkdown(); err != nil {
+		if conf.Verbose {
+			table = gatherClusterStats(conf, clusterstats, table)
+		}
+
+		if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func gatherClusterStats(conf *cfg.Config, clusterstats *clusterstats.Response, table *printer.Table) *printer.Table {
+	var querycount int64
+	var vmversion string
+
+	for _, count := range clusterstats.Indices.Search.Queries {
+		querycount += count
+	}
+
+	if len(clusterstats.Nodes.Jvm.Versions) > 0 {
+		vmversion = strings.Join([]string{
+			clusterstats.Nodes.Jvm.Versions[0].VmName,
+			clusterstats.Nodes.Jvm.Versions[0].VmVersion}, " ")
+	}
+
+	isleader := checkClusterIsLeader(conf, conf.CurrentCluster)
+
+	table.Entries = append(table.Entries, [][]string{
+		{"Indicies", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterstats.Indices.Count)},
+		{"Is Leader", fmt.Sprintf("%t", isleader)},
+		{"Docs", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterstats.Indices.Docs.Count)},
+		{"Total Size", humanize.Bytes(uint64(clusterstats.Indices.Docs.TotalSizeInBytes))},
+		{"Total Queries", fmt.Sprintf("%d", querycount)},
+		{"Shards Primaries", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterstats.Indices.Shards.Primaries)},
+		{"Shards Total", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterstats.Indices.Shards.Total)},
+		{"Storage", fmt.Sprintf(
+			"%s/%s",
+			humanize.Bytes(uint64(clusterstats.Indices.Store.SizeInBytes)),
+			humanize.Bytes(uint64(*clusterstats.Indices.Store.TotalDataSetSizeInBytes)),
+		)},
+		{"JVM Heap", fmt.Sprintf(
+			"%s/%s",
+			humanize.Bytes(uint64(clusterstats.Nodes.Jvm.Mem.HeapUsedInBytes)),
+			humanize.Bytes(uint64(clusterstats.Nodes.Jvm.Mem.HeapMaxInBytes)),
+		)},
+		{"JVM Threads", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterstats.Nodes.Jvm.Threads)},
+		{"JVM Version", vmversion},
+		{"CPUs", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterstats.Nodes.Os.AllocatedProcessors)},
+		{"CPU Usage", fmt.Sprintf("%d%%", clusterstats.Nodes.Process.Cpu.Percent)},
+		{"Open FDs", fmt.Sprintf("%d", clusterstats.Nodes.Process.OpenFileDescriptors.Avg)},
+	}...)
+
+	return table
+}

pkg/es/cluster_settings.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"log/slog"
 
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
 )
 
@@ -62,10 +63,10 @@ func ClusterSettingsList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 		Header("accept", "application/json").
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get cluster settings: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get cluster settings: %s", esErrorString(err))
 	}
 
-	table := NewTable(2, 0)
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 0)
 	table.Addheaders("setting", "value")
 	entries := [][]string{}
 
@@ -94,10 +95,10 @@ func ClusterSettingsList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	table.entries = entries
+	table.Entries = entries
 	table.Sort()
 
-	if err := table.PrintMarkdown(); err != nil {
+	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ func ClusterSettingsSet(conf *cfg.Config, args cli.Args) error {
 		Do(context.Background())
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set settings: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set settings: %s", esErrorString(err))
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ func ClusterSettingsSetSingle(conf *cfg.Config, setting, value string) error {
 		Do(context.Background())
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set %s: %s", setting, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set %s: %s", setting, esErrorString(err))
 	}
 
 	return nil

pkg/es/cluster_util.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/cluster/health"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types"
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ func checkClusterIsLeader(conf *cfg.Config, leader string) bool {
 		Header("accept", "application/json").
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("failed to get ccr stats from %s: %s", leader, err)
+		fmt.Printf("failed to get ccr stats from %s: %s", leader, esErrorString(err))
 		return false
 	}
 
@@ -67,21 +68,22 @@ func checkClusterStatus(conf *cfg.Config, leader, follower string) bool {
 			Header("accept", "application/json").
 			Do(context.Background())
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("failed to get health from %s: %s", cluster, err)
+			fmt.Printf("failed to get health from %s: %s", cluster, esErrorString(err))
 			return false
 		}
 
 		status[cluster] = st
 	}
 
-	table := NewTable(3, 5)
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, 6)
 
 	table.Addheaders("setting", "leader:"+leader, "follower:"+follower)
 
-	table.entries = [][]string{
-		{"Cluster Name",
-			Colorize(status[leader].Status.Name, status[leader].ClusterName),
-			Colorize(status[follower].Status.Name, status[follower].ClusterName),
+	table.Entries = [][]string{
+		{"Cluster Name", status[leader].ClusterName, status[follower].ClusterName},
+		{"Cluster Status",
+			printer.Colorize(conf, status[leader].Status.Name, status[leader].Status.Name),
+			printer.Colorize(conf, status[follower].Status.Name, status[follower].Status.Name),
 		},
 		{"Active Shards",
 			fmt.Sprintf("%d", status[leader].ActiveShards),
@@ -101,11 +103,13 @@ func checkClusterStatus(conf *cfg.Config, leader, follower string) bool {
 		},
 	}
 
-	if err := table.PrintMarkdown(); err != nil {
+	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
 		return false
 	}
 
+	fmt.Println()
+
 	if status[leader].Status.Name == "green" && status[follower].Status.Name == "green" {
 		return true
 	}
@@ -124,7 +128,7 @@ func findIlmErrors(conf *cfg.Config, leader, follower string) bool {
 			Header("accept", "application/json").
 			Do(context.Background())
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("failed to get ilm status from %s: %s", cluster, err)
+			fmt.Printf("failed to get ilm status from %s: %s", cluster, esErrorString(err))
 			return false
 		}
 
@@ -151,17 +155,17 @@ func findIlmErrors(conf *cfg.Config, leader, follower string) bool {
 
 		if len(failed[cluster]) > 0 {
 			idx := 0
-			table := NewTable(2, len(failed[cluster]))
+			table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, len(failed[cluster]))
 			table.Addheaders("ilm errors on "+which, "errors")
 
 			for name, count := range failed[cluster] {
-				table.entries[idx] = []string{name, count}
+				table.Entries[idx] = []string{name, count}
 				idx++
 			}
 
 			table.Sort()
 
-			if err := table.PrintMarkdown(); err != nil {
+			if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 				fmt.Println(err)
 				return false
 			}
@@ -223,18 +227,18 @@ func findIndicesOnlyOnLeader(conf *cfg.Config, indices ClusterIndices, leader, f
 	}
 
 	idx := 0
-	table := NewTable(3, len(indexOnlyOnLeader))
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, len(indexOnlyOnLeader))
 	table.Addheaders("index only on leader", "size", "docscount")
 
 	for name, index := range indexOnlyOnLeader {
-		name := Colorize("red", name)
+		name := printer.Colorize(conf, "red", name)
 
-		table.entries[idx] = []string{name, *index.DatasetSize, *index.DocsCount}
+		table.Entries[idx] = []string{name, *index.DatasetSize, *index.DocsCount}
 		idx++
 	}
 
 	table.Sort()
-	if err := table.PrintMarkdown(); err != nil {
+	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
 		return false
 	}
@@ -273,18 +277,18 @@ func findOrphanedIndices(conf *cfg.Config, indices ClusterIndices, leader, follo
 	}
 
 	idx := 0
-	table := NewTable(3, len(orphaned))
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, len(orphaned))
 	table.Addheaders("orphaned index on follower", "size", "docscount")
 
 	for name, index := range orphaned {
-		name := Colorize("red", name)
+		name := printer.Colorize(conf, "red", name)
 
-		table.entries[idx] = []string{name, *index.DatasetSize, *index.DocsCount}
+		table.Entries[idx] = []string{name, *index.DatasetSize, *index.DocsCount}
 		idx++
 	}
 
 	table.Sort()
-	if err := table.PrintMarkdown(); err != nil {
+	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
 		return false
 	}
@@ -307,18 +311,18 @@ func findFailedFollowerIndices(conf *cfg.Config, indices ClusterIndices, followe
 	}
 
 	idx := 0
-	table := NewTable(3, len(red))
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, len(red))
 	table.Addheaders("red index on follower", "size", "docscount")
 
 	for name, index := range red {
-		name := Colorize("red", name)
+		name := printer.Colorize(conf, "red", name)
 
-		table.entries[idx] = []string{name, *index.DatasetSize, *index.DocsCount}
+		table.Entries[idx] = []string{name, *index.DatasetSize, *index.DocsCount}
 		idx++
 	}
 
 	table.Sort()
-	if err := table.PrintMarkdown(); err != nil {
+	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
 		return false
 	}
@@ -375,6 +379,16 @@ func getClusterData(es *elasticsearch.TypedClient, wg *sync.WaitGroup, reschan c
 		ar.ccr = res
 		ar.which = ResponseCcr
 		arerr = err
+
+	case "stats":
+		res, err := es.Cluster.Stats().
+			Header("content-type", "application/json").
+			Header("accept", "application/json").
+			Do(context.Background())
+
+		ar.stats = res
+		ar.which = ResponseStats
+		arerr = err
 	}
 
 	if arerr != nil {

pkg/es/doc.go

@@ -19,10 +19,15 @@ package es
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"time"
+	"math/rand/v2"
+	"strings"
 
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/core/deletebyquery"
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/esdsl"
+	"github.com/tidwall/gjson"
 )
 
 // create index with:
@@ -32,7 +37,7 @@ import (
 // then add a doc:
 //
 // esctl doc add foo2 '{"id":"d8d8d","user":"scip"}'
-func DocAdd(conf *cfg.Config, index, jsondoc string) error {
+func DocAdd(conf *cfg.Config, jsondoc string) error {
 	data := map[string]any{}
 
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsondoc), &data)
@@ -40,15 +45,87 @@ func DocAdd(conf *cfg.Config, index, jsondoc string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("supplied document was not valid JSON: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	now := fmt.Sprintf("%d", time.Now().Unix())
+	now := fmt.Sprintf("%d", rand.Int64())
 
-	_, err = conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Create(index, now).
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Create(conf.Index, now).
 		Document(data).
 		Header("content-type", "application/json").
 		Header("accept", "application/json").
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create new doc in index %s: %s", index, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create new doc in index %s: %s", conf.Index, esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(res.Id_)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func DocShow(conf *cfg.Config, id string) error {
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Get(conf.Index, id).
+		Header("content-type", "application/json").
+		Header("accept", "application/json").
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve doc in index %s: %s", conf.Index, esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	if !res.Found {
+		return errors.New("no document with that id found")
+	}
+
+	docjson := fmt.Sprintf(`{"id":%s, "index":"%s", "source":%s}`,
+		res.Id_,
+		res.Index_,
+		res.Source_)
+
+	if conf.Path != "" {
+		value := gjson.Get(docjson, conf.Path)
+		fmt.Println(value.String())
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println(docjson)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println()
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func DocDelete(conf *cfg.Config, queries []string) error {
+	if len(queries) == 1 && strings.Contains(queries[0], "id=") {
+		id, _ := strings.CutPrefix(queries[0], "id=")
+
+		_, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Delete(conf.Index, id).
+			Header("content-type", "application/json").
+			Header("accept", "application/json").
+			Do(context.Background())
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete doc in index %s: %s", conf.Index, esErrorString(err))
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	req := &deletebyquery.Request{}
+
+	if len(queries) == 0 && conf.All {
+		req.Query = esdsl.NewMatchAllQuery().QueryCaster()
+	} else {
+		queryCaster, err := prepareQuery(conf, queries)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		req.Query = queryCaster
+	}
+
+	_, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.DeleteByQuery(conf.Index).
+		Request(req).
+		Header("content-type", "application/json").
+		Header("accept", "application/json").
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete docs in index %s: %s", conf.Index, esErrorString(err))
 	}
 
 	return nil

pkg/es/errors.go

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package es
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types"
+)
+
+func esErrorString(err error) string {
+	msg := err.Error()
+
+	switch e := err.(type) {
+	case *types.ElasticsearchError:
+		causes := ""
+
+		for _, cause := range e.ErrorCause.RootCause {
+			causes += fmt.Sprintf("%s\n", *cause.Reason)
+		}
+
+		if e.ErrorCause.Reason != nil {
+			msg = *e.ErrorCause.Reason + ": " + causes
+		} else {
+			msg = fmt.Sprintf("http status %d: ", e.Status)
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	return msg
+}

pkg/es/index.go

@@ -20,11 +20,15 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
+	"regexp"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/cat/indices"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/esdsl"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types/enums/healthstatus"
 )
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@ func IndexNames(conf *cfg.Config) ([]string, error) {
 		Do(context.Background())
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get indicies: %s", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get indicies: %s", esErrorString(err))
 	}
 
 	indices := make([]string, len(res))
@@ -48,6 +52,33 @@ func IndexNames(conf *cfg.Config) ([]string, error) {
 	return indices, nil
 }
 
+func filterIndices(conf *cfg.Config, list indices.Response) indices.Response {
+	// apply partials filter first
+	selectedlist := indices.Response{}
+	for _, index := range list {
+		if !conf.Partials && strings.HasPrefix(*index.Index, "partial-") {
+			continue
+		}
+		selectedlist = append(selectedlist, index)
+	}
+
+	if len(conf.Filter) == 0 {
+		return selectedlist
+	}
+
+	// we support just one filter here, for now
+	filter := *regexp.MustCompile(conf.Filter[0])
+	newlist := indices.Response{}
+
+	for _, index := range selectedlist {
+		if filter.MatchString(*index.Index) {
+			newlist = append(newlist, index)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return newlist
+}
+
 func IndexList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	cat := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Cat.Indices().
 		// we need to add custom request headers, required for older ES instances
@@ -60,12 +91,14 @@ func IndexList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 
 	res, err := cat.Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get indicies: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get indicies: %s", esErrorString(err))
 	}
 
 	slog.Debug("ES result", "indicies", res)
 
-	size := len(res)
+	list := filterIndices(conf, res)
+
+	size := len(list)
 
 	if conf.MaxItems > 0 {
 		if size > conf.MaxItems {
@@ -73,13 +106,13 @@ func IndexList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	table := NewTable(3, size)
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, size)
 	table.Addheaders("name", "size", "docscount")
 
-	for idx, index := range res {
-		name := Colorize(*index.Health, *index.Index)
+	for idx, index := range list {
+		name := printer.Colorize(conf, *index.Health, *index.Index)
 
-		table.entries[idx] = []string{name, *index.DatasetSize, *index.DocsCount}
+		table.Entries[idx] = []string{name, *index.DatasetSize, *index.DocsCount}
 
 		if idx == size-1 {
 			break
@@ -87,49 +120,55 @@ func IndexList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	}
 
 	table.Sort()
-	if err := table.PrintMarkdown(); err != nil {
+	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	return nil
 }
 
-func IndexShow(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
-	if index == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("no index specified")
-	}
-
-	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Indices.Get(index).
+func IndexShow(conf *cfg.Config, indexpattern string) error {
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Indices.Get(indexpattern).
 		// we need to add custom request headers, required for older ES instances
 		Header("content-type", "application/json").
 		Header("accept", "application/json").
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get index: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get index: %s", esErrorString(err))
 	}
 
-	slog.Debug("ES result", "index", res)
+	for name, index := range res {
+		fields := make([]string, len(index.Mappings.Properties))
+		idx := 0
+		for field := range index.Mappings.Properties {
+			fields[idx] = field
+			idx++
+		}
 
-	table := NewTable(2, 5)
-	table.Addheaders("field", "value")
+		table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 5)
+		table.Addheaders("index property", "value")
 
-	ts, err := strconv.ParseInt(res[index].Settings.Index.CreationDate.(string), 10, 64)
-	if err != nil {
-		ts = 0
-	}
+		ts, err := strconv.ParseInt(index.Settings.Index.CreationDate.(string), 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			ts = 0
+		}
 
-	created := time.Unix(ts/1000, 0)
+		created := time.Unix(ts/1000, 0)
 
-	table.entries = [][]string{
-		{"name", index},
-		{"replicas", *res[index].Settings.Index.NumberOfReplicas},
-		{"shards", *res[index].Settings.Index.NumberOfShards},
-		{"created", created.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05")},
-		{"uuid", *res[index].Settings.Index.Uuid},
-	}
+		table.Entries = [][]string{
+			{"name", name},
+			{"replicas", *index.Settings.Index.NumberOfReplicas},
+			{"shards", *index.Settings.Index.NumberOfShards},
+			{"created", created.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05")},
+			{"uuid", *index.Settings.Index.Uuid},
+			{"fields", strings.Join(fields, ",")},
+		}
 
-	if err := table.PrintMarkdown(); err != nil {
-		return err
+		if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		fmt.Println()
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -181,23 +220,139 @@ func IndexCreate(conf *cfg.Config, index string, mappings []string) error {
 		Do(context.Background())
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create index: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create index: %s", esErrorString(err))
 	}
 
 	return nil
 }
 
 func IndexDelete(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
-	if index == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("no index specified")
-	}
-
 	_, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Indices.Delete(index).
 		Header("content-type", "application/json").
 		Header("accept", "application/json").
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete index: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete index: %s", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func IndexClose(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
+	create := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Indices.Close(index).
+		Header("content-type", "application/json").
+		Header("accept", "application/json")
+
+	_, err := create.Do(context.Background())
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to close index: %s", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func IndexAllocation(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Cluster.AllocationExplain().
+		Index(index).
+		Primary(conf.Primary).
+		Shard(conf.Shards).
+		Header("content-type", "application/json").
+		Header("accept", "application/json").
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get index allocation explain: %s", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	slog.Debug("ES result", "index", res)
+
+	currentNode := res.CurrentNode
+
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 10)
+	table.Addheaders("index allocation setting", "value")
+
+	roles := make([]string, len(currentNode.Roles))
+	for idx, role := range currentNode.Roles {
+		roles[idx] = role.Name
+	}
+
+	table.Entries = [][]string{
+		{"Index", index},
+		{"Current node", currentNode.Name},
+		{"Current k8s node", currentNode.Attributes["k8s_node_name"]},
+		{"Current node address", currentNode.TransportAddress},
+		{"Current node id", currentNode.Id},
+		{"Current node weight", fmt.Sprintf("%d", currentNode.WeightRanking)},
+		{"Current node roles", strings.Join(roles, ",")},
+		{"Can rebalance cluster", res.CanRebalanceCluster.Name},
+		{"Can rebalance to another node", res.CanRebalanceToOtherNode.Name},
+		{"Can remain on current node", res.CanRemainOnCurrentNode.Name},
+	}
+
+	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func IndexModify(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
+	settings := esdsl.NewIndexSettings().NumberOfReplicas(strconv.Itoa(conf.Replicas))
+
+	_, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Indices.PutSettings().
+		Indices(index).
+		Index(settings).
+		Header("content-type", "application/json").
+		Header("accept", "application/json").
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to modify index settings: %s", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func IndexFields(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.FieldCaps().
+		Index(index).
+		Fields("*").
+		Header("content-type", "application/json").
+		Header("accept", "application/json").
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to retrieve field capabilties: %s", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 5, 0)
+	table.Addheaders("field", "type", "searchable", "aggretable", "metadata")
+
+	idx := 0
+	for name, field := range res.Fields {
+		for fieldtype, caps := range field {
+			// fields only have 1 type, so this one is it
+			switch {
+			case conf.Searchable && !caps.Searchable:
+				continue
+			case conf.Aggretable && !caps.Aggregatable:
+				continue
+			case len(conf.Filter) > 0 && !slices.Contains(conf.Filter, fieldtype):
+				continue
+			}
+
+			table.Entries = append(table.Entries, []string{name, fieldtype,
+				fmt.Sprintf("%t", caps.Searchable),
+				fmt.Sprintf("%t", caps.Aggregatable),
+				fmt.Sprintf("%t", *caps.MetadataField)})
+			break
+		}
+
+		idx++
+	}
+
+	table.Sort()
+
+	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	return nil

pkg/es/index_alias.go

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package es
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
+)
+
+// FIXME: add filter support, see IndexCreate mapping
+func IndexAliasCreate(conf *cfg.Config, index, alias string) error {
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Indices.PutAlias(index, alias).
+		Header("content-type", "application/json").
+		Header("accept", "application/json").
+		Do(context.Background())
+
+	slog.Debug("create alias", "result", res)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create index alias: %s", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func IndexAliasList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
+	filter := regexp.Regexp{}
+
+	if len(conf.Filter) > 0 {
+		// we support just one filter here, for now
+		filter = *regexp.MustCompile(conf.Filter[0])
+	}
+
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Indices.GetAlias().
+		Index("_all").
+		Header("content-type", "application/json").
+		Header("accept", "application/json").
+		Do(context.Background())
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to list index aliases: %s", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	slog.Debug("aliases list", "result", res)
+
+	aliaslist := map[string][]string{} // index => []aliases
+
+	for index, aliases := range res {
+		if len(conf.Filter) > 0 {
+			if !filter.MatchString(index) {
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+
+		for alias := range aliases.Aliases {
+			aliaslist[index] = append(aliaslist[index], alias)
+		}
+	}
+
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, len(aliaslist))
+	table.Addheaders("index", "alias")
+
+	idx := 0
+	for index, aliases := range aliaslist {
+		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
+			index,
+			strings.Join(aliases, ","),
+		}
+
+		idx++
+	}
+
+	table.Sort()
+
+	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func IndexAliasDelete(conf *cfg.Config, index, alias string) error {
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Indices.DeleteAlias(index, alias).
+		Header("content-type", "application/json").
+		Header("accept", "application/json").
+		Do(context.Background())
+
+	slog.Debug("delete alias", "result", res)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete index alias: %s", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}

pkg/es/node.go

@@ -22,22 +22,23 @@ import (
 	"log/slog"
 
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
 )
 
 func NodeList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	// get nodes
 	nodes, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Cat.Nodes().Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get nodes: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get nodes: %s", esErrorString(err))
 	}
 
 	slog.Debug("ES result", "nodes", nodes)
 
-	table := NewTable(7, len(nodes))
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 7, len(nodes))
 	table.Addheaders("name", "ip", "load1m", "load5m", "load15m", "ram %", "heap %")
 
 	for idx, node := range nodes {
-		table.entries[idx] = []string{
+		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
 			*node.Name,
 			*node.Ip,
 			*node.Load1M,
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ func NodeList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	}
 
 	table.Sort()
-	if err := table.PrintMarkdown(); err != nil {
+	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 

pkg/es/repl.go

@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package es
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
+
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"github.com/chzyer/readline"
+)
+
+const intro = `Input format: verb path [data]"
+
+Example:
+
+post /yourindex/_ccr/pause_follow
+put /yourindex/_settings {"number_of_replicas": 1}
+
+You can also put multiline JSON after the path like:
+
+put /yourindex/_settings
+{
+  "number_of_replicas": 1
+}
+
+If you do NOT  supply a JSON in the first line, you  need to hit ENTER
+twice to complete.`
+
+func Repl(conf *cfg.Config) error {
+	verbs := []string{"post", "get", "put", "delete"}
+
+	fmt.Println(intro)
+	fmt.Println()
+
+	reader, err := readline.NewEx(&readline.Config{
+		Prompt:            "> ",
+		HistoryFile:       os.Getenv("HOME") + "/.config/esctl/history",
+		HistoryLimit:      500,
+		InterruptPrompt:   "^C",
+		EOFPrompt:         "exit",
+		HistorySearchFold: true,
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize readline lib: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	for {
+		text, err := reader.Readline()
+		if err != nil {
+			break
+		}
+
+		text = strings.TrimSpace(text)
+
+		if text == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		parts := strings.SplitN(strings.TrimSpace(text), " ", 3)
+		if len(parts) < 2 {
+			fmt.Println("error: you need to input a verb, uri [and post data]")
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if !slices.Contains(verbs, strings.ToLower(parts[0])) {
+			fmt.Println("error: verb must be one of " + strings.Join(verbs, ","))
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(parts[1], "/") {
+			parts[1] = "/" + parts[1]
+		}
+
+		json := ""
+		if len(parts) == 3 {
+			// put /uri {json}
+			json = parts[2]
+		}
+
+		// put /uri/<Ret> [json]
+		data, err := readJSON(json)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println(err)
+		}
+
+		err = CallAPI(conf, parts[0], parts[1], data)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("failed to call API: %s\n", esErrorString(err))
+		}
+
+		reader.SetPrompt("> ")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func encodeAuth(username, password string) string {
+	return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(username + ":" + password))
+}
+
+func CallAPI(conf *cfg.Config, verb, path, data string) error {
+	verb = strings.ToUpper(verb)
+
+	// we're using port-forwards anyway
+	tr := &http.Transport{
+		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true},
+	}
+
+	client := &http.Client{Transport: tr}
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(verb, conf.DefaultCluster.Uri+path, bytes.NewBuffer([]byte(data)))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	req.Header.Add("accept", "application/json")
+	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Basic "+encodeAuth(conf.DefaultCluster.User, conf.DefaultCluster.Pass))
+
+	// actually execute the request
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Read and print response
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to read response body: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	return prettyfiJson(conf, body)
+}
+
+func prettyfiJson(conf *cfg.Config, raw []byte) error {
+	if conf.HaveJQ {
+		cmd := exec.CommandContext(context.Background(), "jq", "-C")
+		cmd.Stdin = bytes.NewReader(raw)
+
+		var out bytes.Buffer
+		cmd.Stdout = &out
+
+		err := cmd.Run()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		fmt.Println(out.String())
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var pretty bytes.Buffer
+	err := json.Indent(&pretty, raw, "", "\t")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("json parse error: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(pretty.String())
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// interactively  read  arbitrary  JSON  data  from  STDIN,  which  is
+// virtually a repl inside the primary repl
+func readJSON(input string) (string, error) {
+	data := ""
+
+	if input != "" {
+		data = input
+	} else {
+		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
+		for scanner.Scan() {
+			line := strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text())
+
+			if line == "" {
+				break
+			}
+
+			data += line
+		}
+	}
+
+	if data == "" {
+		return data, nil
+	}
+
+	// validate
+	check := map[string]any{}
+	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(data), &check)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("error: input data is not proper JSON: %s", err)
+
+	}
+
+	return data, nil
+}

pkg/es/role.go

@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package es
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
+	"strings"
+
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types"
+)
+
+func RoleNames(conf *cfg.Config) ([]string, error) {
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Security.GetRole().
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get roles: %s", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	roles := make([]string, len(res))
+	idx := 0
+	for name := range res {
+		roles[idx] = name
+		idx++
+	}
+
+	return roles, nil
+}
+
+func RoleList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Security.GetRole().
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get roles: %s", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	slog.Debug("ES result", "roles", res)
+
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, len(res))
+	table.Addheaders("role", "index roles", "cluster roles")
+
+	idx := 0
+	for name, role := range res {
+		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
+			name,
+			fmt.Sprintf("%d", len(role.Cluster)),
+			fmt.Sprintf("%d", len(role.Indices)),
+		}
+		idx++
+	}
+
+	table.Sort()
+	return table.Print()
+}
+
+func RoleShow(conf *cfg.Config, rolename string) error {
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Security.GetRole().
+		Name(rolename).
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get role: %s", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	slog.Debug("ES result", "role", res)
+
+	role, exists := res[rolename]
+	if !exists {
+		return fmt.Errorf("role %s does not exist", rolename)
+	}
+
+	if len(role.Indices) > 0 {
+		if err := roleIndices(conf, role); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		fmt.Println()
+	}
+
+	if len(role.RemoteIndices) > 0 {
+		if err := roleRemoteIndices(conf, role); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		fmt.Println()
+	}
+
+	if len(role.Cluster) > 0 {
+		if err := roleClusters(conf, role); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		fmt.Println()
+	}
+
+	if len(role.RemoteCluster) > 0 {
+		if err := roleRemoteClusters(conf, role); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		fmt.Println()
+	}
+
+	if len(role.Applications) > 0 {
+		if err := roleApplications(conf, role); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func roleRemoteClusters(conf *cfg.Config, role types.Role) error {
+	if len(role.RemoteCluster) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, len(role.RemoteCluster))
+	table.Addheaders("remote cluster", "privilege")
+	idx := 0
+	for _, priv := range role.RemoteCluster {
+		perms := []string{}
+		for _, perm := range priv.Privileges {
+			perms = append(perms, perm.Name)
+		}
+
+		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
+			strings.Join(priv.Clusters, ","),
+			strings.Join(perms, ","),
+		}
+		idx++
+	}
+
+	table.Sort()
+	return table.Print()
+}
+
+func roleClusters(conf *cfg.Config, role types.Role) error {
+	if len(role.Cluster) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 1, len(role.Cluster))
+	table.Addheaders("cluster rights")
+	idx := 0
+	for _, cluster := range role.Cluster {
+		table.Entries[idx] = []string{cluster.Name}
+		idx++
+	}
+
+	table.Sort()
+	return table.Print()
+}
+
+func roleRemoteIndices(conf *cfg.Config, role types.Role) error {
+	if len(role.RemoteIndices) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, len(role.RemoteIndices))
+	table.Addheaders("remote index names", "index permissions", "allow restricted")
+	idx := 0
+	for _, priv := range role.RemoteIndices {
+		perms := []string{}
+		for _, perm := range priv.Privileges {
+			perms = append(perms, perm.Name)
+		}
+
+		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
+			strings.Join(priv.Names, ", "),
+			strings.Join(perms, ", "),
+			fmt.Sprintf("%t", *priv.AllowRestrictedIndices),
+		}
+
+		idx++
+	}
+
+	table.Sort()
+	return table.Print()
+}
+
+func roleIndices(conf *cfg.Config, role types.Role) error {
+	if len(role.Indices) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, len(role.Indices))
+	table.Addheaders("index names", "index permissions", "allow restricted")
+	idx := 0
+	for _, priv := range role.Indices {
+		perms := []string{}
+		for _, perm := range priv.Privileges {
+			perms = append(perms, perm.Name)
+		}
+
+		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
+			strings.Join(priv.Names, ", "),
+			strings.Join(perms, ", "),
+			fmt.Sprintf("%t", *priv.AllowRestrictedIndices),
+		}
+
+		idx++
+	}
+
+	table.Sort()
+	return table.Print()
+}
+
+func roleApplications(conf *cfg.Config, role types.Role) error {
+	if len(role.Applications) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, len(role.Applications))
+	table.Addheaders("application", "privileges", "resources")
+	idx := 0
+	for _, priv := range role.Applications {
+		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
+			priv.Application,
+			strings.Join(priv.Privileges, ", "),
+			strings.Join(priv.Resources, ", "),
+		}
+
+		idx++
+	}
+
+	table.Sort()
+	return table.Print()
+}

pkg/es/role_diff.go

@@ -0,0 +1,354 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package es
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/csv"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"log/slog"
+	"os"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
+
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
+	"github.com/alecthomas/repr"
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/security/getrole"
+)
+
+// use static csv  record positions as const vars so  we can modify it
+// if the csv format ever changes
+const (
+	Rindexname = iota
+	Rrole
+	Rindexprivilege
+	Rclusterprivilege
+	Radgroup
+	Rspace
+	Rretention
+	Rkibanaprivilege
+	Rfieldprivilege
+)
+
+type Record struct {
+	// filled from CSV input
+	index_name        string
+	role              string
+	index_privilege   string
+	cluster_privilege []string
+	ad_group          []string
+	space             string
+	retention         string
+	kibana_privilege  string
+	field_privilege   string
+
+	// set by ourselfes
+	defined bool
+}
+
+type Register struct {
+	name              string
+	deployed, defined bool
+}
+
+// generic variant,  we do not account  for multiple rows of  the same
+// role,  in  such  cases  an   entry  will  simply  overwritten.  Use
+// getCsvRecord() for a single role.
+func getCsvRecords(conf *cfg.Config, csvfile string) (map[string]Record, error) {
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(csvfile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read CSV file: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	csvreader := csv.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(data))
+	csvreader.Comma = rune(conf.Separator[0])
+	csvreader.Comment = '#'
+	csvreader.TrimLeadingSpace = true
+
+	rows, err := csvreader.ReadAll()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse CSV: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	records := make(map[string]Record, len(rows)-1)
+
+	for idx, row := range rows {
+		if idx == 0 {
+			continue // header
+		}
+
+		records[row[1]] = Record{
+			index_name:        row[Rindexname],
+			role:              row[Rrole],
+			index_privilege:   row[Rindexprivilege],
+			cluster_privilege: []string{row[Rindexprivilege]},
+			ad_group:          []string{row[Rclusterprivilege]},
+			space:             row[Rspace],
+			retention:         row[Rretention],
+			kibana_privilege:  row[Rkibanaprivilege],
+			field_privilege:   row[Rfieldprivilege],
+			defined:           true,
+		}
+	}
+
+	return records, nil
+}
+
+// same thing  as above but  for one specific role.  supports multiple
+// rows  of  the same  record  with  different  values which  will  be
+// combined.
+func getCsvRecord(conf *cfg.Config, csvfile, rolename string) (*Record, error) {
+	fd, err := os.Open(csvfile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open CSV file: %s", err)
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		if err := fd.Close(); err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("failed to close file: %s", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(fd)
+	record := Record{role: rolename}
+
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text())
+		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") || line == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		row := strings.Split(line, conf.Separator)
+
+		if row[Rrole] == rolename {
+			record.index_name = row[Rindexname]
+			record.index_privilege = row[Rindexprivilege]
+			record.cluster_privilege = strings.Split(row[Rclusterprivilege], ",")
+			record.ad_group = append(record.ad_group, row[Radgroup])
+			record.space = row[Rspace]
+			record.retention = row[Rretention]
+			record.kibana_privilege = row[Rkibanaprivilege]
+			record.field_privilege = row[Rfieldprivilege]
+			record.defined = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return &record, nil
+}
+
+func diffRoles(conf *cfg.Config, records map[string]Record, res getrole.Response) []Register {
+	rows := []Register{}
+	filtered := []Register{}
+	deployed := map[string]int{}
+
+	// iterate over deployed roles
+	for name := range res {
+		reg := Register{name: name}
+
+		_, defined := records[name]
+		if defined {
+			reg.deployed = true
+			reg.defined = true
+		} else {
+			reg.deployed = true
+			reg.defined = false
+		}
+
+		deployed[name] = 1
+
+		rows = append(rows, reg)
+	}
+
+	// iterate over records from CSV and register only those which are not deployed
+	for name := range records {
+		reg := Register{name: name, defined: true}
+		_, deployed := deployed[name]
+		if !deployed {
+			rows = append(rows, reg)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, reg := range rows {
+		if (conf.NotDeployed && !reg.deployed) ||
+			(conf.Undefined && !reg.defined) ||
+			(conf.Diff && reg.deployed != reg.defined) ||
+			(!conf.Undefined && !conf.NotDeployed && !conf.Diff) {
+			filtered = append(filtered, reg)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return filtered
+}
+
+func RoleDiff(conf *cfg.Config, csvfile, role string) error {
+	records, err := getCsvRecords(conf, csvfile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if role != "" {
+		return RoleDiffSingle(conf, csvfile, role)
+	}
+
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Security.GetRole().
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get roles: %s", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	rows := diffRoles(conf, records, res)
+
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 3, len(rows))
+	table.Addheaders("role", "is deployed", "is defined")
+
+	for idx, row := range rows {
+		deployed := printer.Colorize(conf, "green", "deployed")
+		if !row.deployed {
+			deployed = printer.Colorize(conf, "red", "not deployed")
+		}
+
+		defined := printer.Colorize(conf, "green", "defined")
+		if !row.defined {
+			defined = printer.Colorize(conf, "red", "undefined")
+		}
+
+		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
+			row.name,
+			deployed,
+			defined,
+		}
+	}
+
+	table.Sort()
+
+	return table.Print()
+}
+
+func getRoleMappingGroups(conf *cfg.Config, rolename string) ([]string, error) {
+	mappings, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Security.GetRoleMapping().
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get role mappings: %s", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	groups := []string{}
+	for _, mapping := range mappings {
+		if slices.Contains(mapping.Roles, rolename) {
+			for _, rule := range mapping.Rules.Any {
+				for _, group := range rule.Field["groups"] {
+					groups = append(groups, group.(string))
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return groups, nil
+}
+
+func compareSlices(name string, a, b []string) {
+	slices.Sort(a)
+	slices.Sort(b)
+
+	if slices.Compare(a, b) != 0 {
+		fmt.Printf("%s differs:\ndeployed: %s\n     csv: %s\n",
+			name, strings.Join(a, ","), strings.Join(b, ","))
+	} else {
+		fmt.Printf("deployed %s matches csv definition\n", name)
+	}
+}
+
+func RoleDiffSingle(conf *cfg.Config, csvfile, rolename string) error {
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Security.GetRole().
+		Name(rolename).
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get role: %s", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	record, err := getCsvRecord(conf, csvfile, rolename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if !record.defined {
+		fmt.Printf("role %s is not defined\n", rolename)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	role, exists := res[rolename]
+	if !exists {
+		fmt.Printf("role %s is not deployed\n", rolename)
+		return nil
+	} else {
+		fmt.Printf("role %s is deployed\n", rolename)
+	}
+	slog.Debug("found role", "role", role)
+
+	if conf.Debug {
+		// slog.Debug doesn't print it, for whatever reason
+		repr.Println(record)
+	}
+
+	groups, err := getRoleMappingGroups(conf, rolename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	slog.Debug("group mappings", "groups", groups)
+
+	// check cluster setting
+	clusters := []string{}
+	for _, cluster := range role.Cluster {
+		clusters = append(clusters, cluster.Name)
+	}
+
+	// check index names+privs
+	indices := []string{}
+	privs := []string{}
+	for _, index := range role.Indices {
+		for _, name := range index.Names {
+			indices = append(indices, strings.ReplaceAll(name, "**", "*"))
+		}
+
+		for _, priv := range index.Privileges {
+			privs = append(privs, priv.Name)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// check kibana application space
+	spaces := []string{}
+	for _, app := range role.Applications {
+		for _, resource := range app.Resources {
+			if strings.Contains(resource, "space:") {
+				parts := strings.Split(resource, ":")
+				if len(parts) == 2 {
+					spaces = append(spaces, parts[1])
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	compareSlices("cluster_privilege", clusters, record.cluster_privilege)
+	compareSlices("ad_group", groups, record.ad_group)
+	compareSlices("index_name", indices, []string{record.index_name})
+	compareSlices("index_privilege", privs, []string{record.index_privilege})
+	compareSlices("space", spaces, []string{record.space})
+
+	return nil
+}

pkg/es/search.go

@@ -18,14 +18,25 @@ package es
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"log/slog"
-	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
+	"github.com/alecthomas/repr"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/core/search"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/esdsl"
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/indices/validatequery"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types"
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types/enums/sortorder"
+	"github.com/tidwall/gjson"
+)
+
+const (
+	MAXPAGE = 5000
 )
 
 /*
@@ -35,49 +46,219 @@ Execute an ES search.
 	additional filters can be given as -F key=value
 */
 func Search(conf *cfg.Config, queries []string) error {
-	query := esdsl.NewBoolQuery()
+	if conf.Validate {
+		return validateSearch(conf, queries)
+	}
 
-	for _, q := range queries {
-		parts := strings.Split(q, "=")
-		if len(parts) != 2 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("search queries must be in the form field=pattern")
+	searchEs := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Search().Index(conf.Index)
+
+	queryCaster, err := prepareQuery(conf, queries)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	req := &search.Request{Query: queryCaster}
+
+	searchEs.Request(req)
+
+	searchEs = addSort(conf, searchEs)
+
+	switch {
+	case conf.Tail:
+		return searchTail(conf, searchEs)
+	case conf.Explain:
+		return explainSearch(conf, searchEs)
+	default:
+		if conf.To > MAXPAGE {
+			return searchPit(conf, req)
+		} else {
+			return searchOnce(conf, searchEs)
 		}
-
-		query.Must(esdsl.NewMatchQuery(parts[0], parts[1]))
 	}
+}
 
-	filters := make([]types.QueryVariant, len(conf.Filter))
-
-	for idx, filter := range conf.Filter {
-		parts := strings.Split(filter, "=")
-		if len(parts) != 2 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("invalid filter spec: %s, expecting key=value", filter)
-		}
-
-		filters[idx] = esdsl.NewTermQuery(parts[0], esdsl.NewFieldValue().String(parts[1]))
-	}
-
-	if len(filters) > 0 {
-		query.Filter(filters...)
-	}
-
-	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Search().
-		Index(conf.Index).
-		Request(&search.Request{
-			Query: query.QueryCaster(),
-			From:  &conf.From,
-			Size:  &conf.To,
-		}).
+func explainSearch(conf *cfg.Config, search *search.Search) error {
+	res, err := search.
+		Explain(true).
+		Size(1). // one's enough for explain
 		Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to run search (esdsl): %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to call explain search (esdsl): %s", esErrorString(err))
 	}
 
-	slog.Debug("ES result", "search", res)
+	if conf.Debug {
+		raw, err := json.Marshal(res)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal explain result: %s", err)
+		}
 
-	for _, hit := range res.Hits.Hits {
-		fmt.Printf("%s\n", hit.Source_)
+		value := gjson.Get(string(raw), "hits.hits.0._explanation")
+		fmt.Println(value.String())
+	}
+
+	if len(res.Hits.Hits) > 0 {
+		ex := res.Hits.Hits[0].Explanation_
+		fmt.Println(ex.Description)
+		fmt.Println(ex.Value)
+
+		// recurse into explanation details (it's a tree)
+		for _, ex := range ex.Details {
+			explain(&ex, "  ")
+		}
 	}
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func explain(res *types.ExplanationDetail, indent string) {
+	fmt.Println(indent + "- " + res.Description)
+	for _, ex := range res.Details {
+		fmt.Println(indent + "  - " + ex.Description)
+		fmt.Println(indent + fmt.Sprintf("    score: %f", res.Value))
+
+		explain(&ex, indent+"  ")
+	}
+}
+
+func validateSearch(conf *cfg.Config, queries []string) error {
+	validate := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Indices.ValidateQuery()
+
+	queryCaster, err := prepareQuery(conf, queries)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	req := &validatequery.Request{Query: queryCaster}
+
+	validate.Request(req)
+
+	res, err := validate.
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to validate search (esdsl): %s", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	slog.Debug("ES result", "search", res)
+
+	if res.Valid {
+		fmt.Println(printer.Colorize(conf, "green", "valid"))
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println(printer.Colorize(conf, "red", "invalid"))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func Debug(conf *cfg.Config) error {
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Search().
+		Index(conf.Index).
+		Size(0).
+		Aggregations(map[string]types.Aggregations{
+			"min_ts": *esdsl.NewMinAggregation().Field("@timestamp").AggregationsCaster(),
+			"max_ts": *esdsl.NewMaxAggregation().Field("@timestamp").AggregationsCaster(),
+		}).
+		Do(context.Background())
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	repr.Println(res)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func searchOnce(conf *cfg.Config, search *search.Search) error {
+	res, err := search.
+		From(conf.From).
+		Size(conf.To).
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to run search (esdsl): %s", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	slog.Debug("ES result", "search", res)
+
+	printer.PrintDocs(conf, res.Hits.Hits)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/clients/go/using-the-api/searching#_pit_search_after
+func searchPit(conf *cfg.Config, req *search.Request) error {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	pit, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.OpenPointInTime(conf.Index).KeepAlive("1m").Do(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open point-in-time request for search: %s", err)
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		_, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.ClosePointInTime().Id(pit.Id).Do(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("failed to close PIT: %s", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	search := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Search().
+		Request(req).
+		Pit(esdsl.NewPointInTimeReference().
+			Id(pit.Id).
+			KeepAlive(esdsl.NewDuration().String("1m"))).
+		Sort(esdsl.NewSortOptions().
+			AddSortOption("_shard_doc", esdsl.NewFieldSort(sortorder.Asc))).
+		Size(conf.To)
+
+	search = addSort(conf, search)
+
+	for {
+		res, err := search.Do(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to run search (esdsl pit): %s", esErrorString(err))
+		}
+
+		if len(res.Hits.Hits) == 0 {
+			break
+		}
+
+		printer.PrintDocs(conf, res.Hits.Hits)
+
+		last := res.Hits.Hits[len(res.Hits.Hits)-1]
+		search = search.SearchAfterValues(last.Sort)
+
+		if res.PitId != nil {
+			search = search.Pit(esdsl.NewPointInTimeReference().
+				Id(*res.PitId).
+				KeepAlive(esdsl.NewDuration().String("1m")))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func searchTail(conf *cfg.Config, search *search.Search) error {
+	docs := map[string]int{}
+
+	fmt.Println("enter ctrl-c to abort...")
+
+	for {
+		res, err := search.Do(context.Background())
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to run search (esdsl): %s", esErrorString(err))
+		}
+
+		slog.Debug("ES result", "search", res)
+
+		for _, hit := range res.Hits.Hits {
+			_, exists := docs[*hit.Id_]
+			if exists {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			printer.PrintDoc(conf, hit)
+			fmt.Println()
+
+			docs[*hit.Id_] = 1
+		}
+
+		time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+}

pkg/es/search_filter.go

@@ -0,0 +1,280 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package es
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
+	"strings"
+
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/core/search"
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/esdsl"
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types"
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types/enums/operator"
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types/enums/sortorder"
+)
+
+const (
+	Fmust = iota
+	Fmustnot
+	Fshould
+)
+
+// hold filter configuration, can be used multiple times through a search
+type filter struct {
+	term, filter string   // message=foo
+	mterm        []string // multi_match
+	criteria     int      // must(=), mustnot(!=), should(?)
+	multi        bool     // message,title=foo => filter:foo, multi: []string{"message","title"}
+}
+
+// Build a new  filter object. We use this to  build our elastic query
+// out of it. We support differnt types of queries:
+//
+//   - nop filter: no query at all, just return the first N documents.
+//
+//   - simple ones like: "authenticated", which match across all fields
+//
+//   - simple ones combined like "authenticated monitoring", if -O was set,
+//     apply an OR logic
+//
+//   - specific field queries: "message=authenticated" (can be combined too like above)
+//
+//   - and specific field queries with negation: "message!=authenticated"
+//
+// All queries support additional  filters using -F field=value, which
+// must match literally, and range filters using -r "@timestamp:2026-05-28T10:00:00 to now"
+func NewFilter(query string) (*filter, error) {
+	var separator string
+	var criteria int // we use the constants on top for this
+
+	switch {
+	case strings.Contains(query, "!="):
+		criteria = Fmustnot
+		separator = "!="
+	default:
+		criteria = Fmust
+		separator = "="
+	}
+
+	part := strings.Split(query, separator)
+	if len(part) != 2 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("search queries must be in the form field<sep>pattern where <sep> must be one of: = or !=")
+	}
+
+	flt := &filter{term: part[0], filter: part[1], criteria: criteria}
+
+	if strings.Contains(part[0], ",") {
+		// a MultiMatchQuery, match across multiple fields at once
+		multi := strings.Split(part[0], ",")
+		flt.multi = true
+		flt.mterm = multi
+	}
+
+	return flt, nil
+}
+
+// Build a complex query set for queries containing field[!]=pattern
+func mkMatchQueries(queries []string, op operator.Operator) ([]types.QueryVariant, []types.QueryVariant, error) {
+	matchqueries := []types.QueryVariant{}
+	matchNotqueries := []types.QueryVariant{}
+
+	for _, q := range queries {
+		filter, err := NewFilter(q)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+
+		// by default we match on a single field
+		var match types.QueryVariant = esdsl.NewMatchQuery(filter.term, filter.filter)
+
+		if filter.multi {
+			// ok, match across multiple given fields
+			match = esdsl.NewMultiMatchQuery(filter.filter).Fields(filter.mterm...).Operator(op)
+		}
+
+		if filter.criteria == Fmustnot {
+			matchNotqueries = append(matchNotqueries, match)
+		} else {
+			matchqueries = append(matchqueries, match)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return matchqueries, matchNotqueries, nil
+}
+
+// Prepare user search query and turn it into a proper search request
+func prepareQuery(conf *cfg.Config, queries []string) (*types.Query, error) {
+	// logical operator for simple and multimatch queries
+	op := operator.Operator{Name: "AND"}
+	if conf.Or {
+		op = operator.Operator{Name: "OR"}
+	}
+
+	query := esdsl.NewBoolQuery()
+	wholeQuery := strings.Join(queries, " ")
+
+	switch {
+	case len(queries) == 0:
+		// nothing provided via ARGs, so match any docs
+		query.Must(esdsl.NewMatchAllQuery())
+
+	case !strings.ContainsAny(wholeQuery, "!="):
+		// simple query w/o any field[!]=pattern style
+		query.Must(esdsl.NewSimpleQueryStringQuery(wholeQuery).DefaultOperator(op))
+
+	default:
+		// a complex query
+		matchqueries, matchNotqueries, err := mkMatchQueries(queries, op)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		// apply boolean logic
+		if conf.Or {
+			query.Should(matchqueries...)
+		} else {
+			// by default we use AND
+			query.Must(matchqueries...)
+		}
+
+		if matchNotqueries != nil {
+			query.MustNot(matchNotqueries...)
+		}
+	}
+
+	slog.Debug("complex query", "query", query)
+
+	// there might be boolean or range filters like -Ffield=value as well
+	filters, err := addFilters(conf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if filters != nil {
+		query.Filter(filters...)
+	}
+
+	return query.QueryCaster(), nil
+}
+
+// Build a slice of filters, to be fed into query.Filter() including static ones
+// like -Ffield=value and ranges like -r "@timestamp:2026-05-28T10:00:00 to now"
+func addFilters(conf *cfg.Config) ([]types.QueryVariant, error) {
+	count := len(conf.Filter)
+	if conf.Range != "" {
+		count++
+	}
+
+	if count == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	filters := make([]types.QueryVariant, count)
+
+	// static filters
+	for idx, filter := range conf.Filter {
+		parts := strings.Split(filter, "=")
+		if len(parts) != 2 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid filter spec: %s, expecting key=value", filter)
+		}
+
+		filters[idx] = esdsl.NewTermQuery(parts[0], esdsl.NewFieldValue().String(parts[1]))
+	}
+
+	// range filters. format: @timestamp:2026-05-05 to 2026-05-15
+	// see: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch/rest-apis/common-options#date-math
+	if conf.Range != "" {
+		parts := strings.SplitN(conf.Range, ":", 2)
+		if len(parts) != 2 {
+			return nil, errors.New("invalid range format, expected field:range")
+		}
+
+		field := parts[0]
+
+		parts = strings.Split(parts[1], " to ")
+		if len(parts) != 2 {
+			return nil, errors.New("invalid date range format, expected '<start> to <end>'")
+		}
+
+		from := parts[0]
+		to := parts[1]
+
+		slog.Debug("time range filter",
+			"from", from,
+			"to", to,
+			"format", conf.TimestampFormat,
+			"count", count,
+		)
+
+		rng := esdsl.NewDateRangeQuery(field).
+			Gte(from).
+			Lte(to)
+
+		if strings.Contains(parts[1], ":") {
+			// specific format not needed as long as there are no times specified
+			rng.Format(conf.TimestampFormat)
+		}
+
+		filters[count-1] = rng
+
+	}
+
+	return filters, nil
+}
+
+// check if the conf.SortBy  field (default: @timestamp) is searchable
+// by using the field capabilities API.
+func addSort(conf *cfg.Config, search *search.Search) *search.Search {
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.FieldCaps().
+		Index(conf.Index).
+		Fields(conf.SortBy).
+		Do(context.Background())
+
+	if err != nil {
+		// whatever it was, do not add Sort()
+		slog.Debug("get field capabilities", "field", conf.SortBy, "error", esErrorString(err))
+
+		return search
+	}
+
+	field, exists := res.Fields[conf.SortBy]
+
+	if exists {
+		// good, the field exists
+		for _, cap := range field {
+			if cap.Searchable {
+				// ok, ES would be willing to sort by this field
+				order := esdsl.NewFieldSort(sortorder.Desc)
+				if conf.Ascending {
+					order = esdsl.NewFieldSort(sortorder.Asc)
+				}
+
+				search = search.Sort(
+					esdsl.NewSortOptions().AddSortOption(conf.SortBy, order),
+				)
+
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return search
+}

pkg/es/shard.go

@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package es
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
+
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/cat/shards"
+)
+
+func colorzizeShard(conf *cfg.Config, state, name string) string {
+	color := "red" // in case of RELOCATING and UNASSIGNED
+
+	switch state {
+	case "STARTED":
+		color = "green"
+	case "INITIALIZING":
+		color = "yellow"
+	}
+
+	return printer.Colorize(conf, color, name)
+}
+
+func resolvePrirep(state string) string {
+	switch state {
+	case "p":
+		return "primary"
+	}
+
+	return "replica"
+}
+
+func filterShards(conf *cfg.Config, shardlist shards.Response) shards.Response {
+	filtered := shards.Response{}
+
+	size := len(shardlist)
+
+	if conf.MaxItems > 0 {
+		if size > conf.MaxItems {
+			size = conf.MaxItems
+		}
+	}
+
+	for idx, shard := range shardlist {
+		if conf.Failed {
+			if *shard.State == "STARTED" {
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+
+		if conf.Primary {
+			if *shard.Prirep != "p" {
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+
+		if idx == size-1 {
+			break
+		}
+
+		filtered = append(filtered, shard)
+	}
+
+	return filtered
+}
+
+func ShardList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Cat.Shards().
+		Header("content-type", "application/json").
+		Header("accept", "application/json").
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get shards: %s", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	shardlist := filterShards(conf, res)
+	slog.Debug("ES result", "shards", res)
+
+	return printShards(conf, shardlist)
+}
+
+func printShards(conf *cfg.Config, shardlist shards.Response) error {
+	headers := []string{"index", "shard", "is primary", "store", "dataset", "docs"}
+	if conf.Verbose {
+		headers = append(headers, "node", "ip")
+	}
+
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, len(headers), len(shardlist))
+	table.Addheaders(headers...)
+
+	for idx, shard := range shardlist {
+		name := colorzizeShard(conf, *shard.State, *shard.Index)
+
+		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
+			name,
+			*shard.Shard,
+			resolvePrirep(*shard.Prirep),
+			*shard.Store,
+			*shard.Dataset,
+			*shard.Docs,
+		}
+
+		if conf.Verbose {
+			table.Entries[idx] = append(table.Entries[idx],
+				*shard.Node,
+				*shard.Ip,
+			)
+		}
+	}
+
+	table.Sort()
+	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func ShardShow(conf *cfg.Config, index string) error {
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Cat.Shards().Index(index).
+		Header("content-type", "application/json").
+		Header("accept", "application/json").
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get shards: %s", esErrorString(err))
+	}
+
+	slog.Debug("ES result", "shards", res)
+
+	conf.Verbose = true
+
+	return printShards(conf, res)
+}

pkg/es/snapshot.go

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/printer"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ func SnapshotList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	// get partial indicies
 	ires, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Cat.Indices().Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get indicies: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get indicies: %s", esErrorString(err))
 	}
 
 	indicies := map[string]int{}
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ func SnapshotList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	// get snapshots
 	sres, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Cat.Snapshots().Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get snapshots: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get snapshots: %s", esErrorString(err))
 	}
 
 	slog.Debug("ES result", "indicies", sres)
@@ -83,11 +84,11 @@ func SnapshotList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	table := NewTable(5, len(snapshots))
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 5, len(snapshots))
 	table.Addheaders("name", "index", "start", "orphaned", "status")
 
 	for idx, snap := range snapshots {
-		table.entries[idx] = []string{
+		table.Entries[idx] = []string{
 			snap.Name,
 			snap.Forindex,
 			snap.Start,
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ func SnapshotList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 	}
 
 	table.Sort()
-	if err := table.PrintMarkdown(); err != nil {
+	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ func SnapshotList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
 func SnapshotShow(conf *cfg.Config, snapshot string) error {
 	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Snapshot.Get("*", snapshot).Do(context.Background())
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get snapshot: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get snapshot: %s", esErrorString(err))
 	}
 
 	slog.Debug("ES result", "snapshot", res)
@@ -116,12 +117,12 @@ func SnapshotShow(conf *cfg.Config, snapshot string) error {
 		return errors.New("no snapshot retrieved")
 	}
 
-	table := NewTable(2, 17)
-	table.Addheaders("field", "value")
+	table := printer.NewTable(conf, 2, 17)
+	table.Addheaders("snapshot property", "value")
 
 	snap := res.Snapshots[0]
 
-	table.entries = [][]string{
+	table.Entries = [][]string{
 		{"snapshot", snapshot},
 		{"uuid", snap.Uuid},
 		{"repository", *snap.Repository},
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ func SnapshotShow(conf *cfg.Config, snapshot string) error {
 		{"shards-successful", fmt.Sprintf("%d", snap.Shards.Successful)},
 	}
 
-	if err := table.PrintMarkdown(); err != nil {
+	if err := table.Print(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 

pkg/es/table.go

@@ -1,114 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
-
-This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-(at your option) any later version.
-
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-*/
-package es
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"sort"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
-	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter/renderer"
-	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter/tw"
-)
-
-type Table struct {
-	headers []string
-	entries [][]string
-}
-
-func NewTable(columns, rows int) *Table {
-	table := Table{}
-
-	table.headers = make([]string, columns)
-	table.entries = make([][]string, rows)
-
-	return &table
-}
-
-func (data *Table) PrintMarkdown() error {
-	tableString := &strings.Builder{}
-
-	table := tablewriter.NewTable(tableString,
-		tablewriter.WithRenderer(
-			renderer.NewBlueprint(
-				tw.Rendition{
-					Borders: tw.Border{
-						Left:   tw.On,
-						Right:  tw.On,
-						Top:    tw.Off,
-						Bottom: tw.Off,
-					},
-					Settings: tw.Settings{
-						Separators: tw.Separators{
-							ShowHeader:     tw.On,
-							ShowFooter:     tw.Off,
-							BetweenRows:    tw.Off,
-							BetweenColumns: 0,
-						},
-					},
-					Symbols: tw.NewSymbols(tw.StyleMarkdown),
-				})),
-
-		tablewriter.WithConfig(
-			tablewriter.Config{
-				Header: tw.CellConfig{
-					Formatting: tw.CellFormatting{
-						Alignment:  tw.AlignLeft,
-						AutoFormat: tw.Off,
-					},
-				},
-				Row: tw.CellConfig{
-					Formatting: tw.CellFormatting{
-						Alignment: tw.AlignLeft,
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		),
-	)
-
-	table.Header(data.headers)
-
-	if err := table.Bulk(data.entries); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to add data to table renderer: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	if err := table.Render(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to render table: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	fmt.Println(tableString.String())
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (data *Table) Sort() {
-	// sanity checks
-	if len(data.entries) == 0 {
-		return
-	}
-
-	sort.Slice(data.entries, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return data.entries[i][0] < data.entries[j][0]
-	})
-}
-
-func (data *Table) Addheaders(headers ...string) {
-	for idx, header := range headers {
-		data.headers[idx] = bold(strings.ToUpper(header))
-	}
-}

pkg/printer/color.go

@@ -15,18 +15,27 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
-package es
+package printer
 
-import "github.com/fatih/color"
+import (
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+)
 
 var (
 	green  = color.New(color.BgGreen, color.FgHiWhite).SprintFunc()
+	yellow = color.New(color.BgYellow, color.FgHiWhite).SprintFunc()
 	orange = color.BgRGB(255, 128, 0).AddRGB(0, 0, 0).SprintFunc()
 	red    = color.New(color.BgRed, color.FgHiWhite).SprintFunc()
 	bold   = color.New(color.Bold).SprintFunc()
 )
 
-func Colorize(col, what string) string {
+func Colorize(conf *cfg.Config, col, what string) string {
+	switch conf.Output {
+	case "json", "yaml":
+		return what
+	}
+
 	switch col {
 	case "green":
 		what = green(what)
@@ -34,6 +43,8 @@ func Colorize(col, what string) string {
 		what = orange(what)
 	case "red":
 		what = red(what)
+	case "yellow":
+		what = yellow(what)
 	}
 
 	return what

pkg/printer/doc.go

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package printer
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"slices"
+
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types"
+	"github.com/tidwall/gjson"
+)
+
+func PrintDocs(conf *cfg.Config, hits []types.Hit) {
+	if !conf.Ascending {
+		slices.Reverse(hits)
+	}
+
+	for _, hit := range hits {
+		PrintDoc(conf, hit)
+	}
+
+}
+
+func PrintDoc(conf *cfg.Config, hit types.Hit) {
+	var score types.Float64
+	if hit.Score_ != nil {
+		score = *hit.Score_
+	}
+
+	docjson := fmt.Sprintf(`{"id":"%s", "score":%0.4f, "index":"%s", "source":%s}`,
+		*hit.Id_,
+		score,
+		hit.Index_,
+		hit.Source_)
+
+	if conf.Path != "" {
+		value := gjson.Get(docjson, conf.Path)
+		fmt.Println(value.String())
+	} else {
+		fmt.Print(docjson)
+	}
+}

pkg/printer/table.go

@@ -0,0 +1,306 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package printer
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+	"sort"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
+	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter/renderer"
+	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter/tw"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+)
+
+type Table struct {
+	Mode    string // table, markdown, json
+	Headers []string
+	Entries [][]string
+
+	lenHeaders []int
+}
+
+func NewTable(conf *cfg.Config, columns, rows int) *Table {
+	table := Table{Mode: conf.Output}
+
+	table.Headers = make([]string, columns)
+	table.Entries = make([][]string, rows)
+	table.lenHeaders = make([]int, columns)
+
+	return &table
+}
+
+func (data *Table) Print() error {
+	switch data.Mode {
+	case "markdown", "md":
+		return data.PrintMarkdown()
+	case "json":
+		return data.PrintJSON()
+	case "yaml":
+		return data.PrintYAML()
+	default:
+		return data.PrintTSV()
+	}
+}
+
+var (
+	ansiCtrlSeq = regexp.MustCompile(`\033.[0-9;]+m`)
+)
+
+// needed for json and yaml output
+func (data *Table) toMap() []map[string]string {
+	raw := make([]map[string]string, len(data.Entries))
+
+	for idx, entries := range data.Entries {
+		raw[idx] = make(map[string]string, len(data.Headers))
+		for eidx, entry := range entries {
+			raw[idx][data.Headers[eidx]] = entry
+		}
+	}
+
+	return raw
+}
+
+func (data *Table) PrintYAML() error {
+	raw := data.toMap()
+
+	body, err := yaml.Marshal(raw)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to produce YAML output: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(string(body))
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (data *Table) PrintJSON() error {
+	raw := data.toMap()
+
+	body, err := json.MarshalIndent(raw, "", "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to produce JSON output: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(string(body))
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Well.  tablewriter  should be  able to  print in  TSV mode,  but it
+// doesn't  work because  of  the various  ansic  color escapes  we're
+// using. Therefore we do it the hard way and use our own TSV printer.
+func (data *Table) PrintTSV() error {
+	// determine lenght's
+	for idx, head := range data.Headers {
+		data.lenHeaders[idx] = visibleLen(head)
+	}
+
+	for _, entries := range data.Entries {
+		for idx, entry := range entries {
+			length := visibleLen(entry)
+			if data.lenHeaders[idx] < length {
+				data.lenHeaders[idx] = length
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// output
+	for idx, header := range data.Headers {
+		fmt.Print(header, strings.Repeat(" ", data.lenHeaders[idx]-visibleLen(header)))
+		if idx < len(data.Headers)-1 {
+			fmt.Print("  ")
+		}
+	}
+	fmt.Println()
+
+	for _, entries := range data.Entries {
+		for idx, entry := range entries {
+			length := visibleLen(entry)
+
+			if isInt(entry) {
+				// align right
+				fmt.Print(strings.Repeat(" ", data.lenHeaders[idx]-length), entry)
+			} else {
+				fmt.Print(entry, strings.Repeat(" ", data.lenHeaders[idx]-length))
+			}
+
+			if idx < len(data.Headers)-1 {
+				fmt.Print("  ")
+			}
+		}
+		fmt.Println()
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (data *Table) PrintTabularFail() error {
+	OFS := "  "
+
+	tableString := &strings.Builder{}
+
+	styleTSV := tw.NewSymbolCustom("space").WithColumn("\t")
+
+	table := tablewriter.NewTable(tableString,
+		tablewriter.WithRenderer(
+			renderer.NewBlueprint(tw.Rendition{
+				Borders: tw.BorderNone,
+				Symbols: styleTSV,
+				Settings: tw.Settings{
+					Separators: tw.SeparatorsNone,
+					Lines:      tw.LinesNone,
+				},
+			})),
+		tablewriter.WithConfig(tablewriter.Config{
+			Header: tw.CellConfig{
+				Formatting: tw.CellFormatting{
+					AutoFormat: tw.Off,
+				},
+				Padding: tw.CellPadding{Global: tw.Padding{Left: "", Right: OFS}},
+			},
+			Row: tw.CellConfig{
+				Formatting: tw.CellFormatting{
+					AutoWrap:  tw.WrapNone,
+					Alignment: tw.AlignLeft,
+				},
+				Padding: tw.CellPadding{Global: tw.Padding{Right: OFS}},
+			},
+
+			Debug: true,
+		}),
+	)
+
+	table.Header(data.Headers)
+
+	if err := table.Bulk(data.Entries); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to add data to table renderer: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := table.Render(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to render table: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	// we  need to trim  our output here, because  tablewriter appends
+	// excess whitespace to our rows.
+	cleanedString := &strings.Builder{}
+
+	for _, row := range strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(tableString.String()), "\n") {
+		cleanedString.WriteString(strings.TrimSpace(row))
+		cleanedString.WriteString("\n")
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(cleanedString.String())
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (data *Table) PrintMarkdown() error {
+	tableString := &strings.Builder{}
+
+	table := tablewriter.NewTable(tableString,
+		tablewriter.WithRenderer(
+			renderer.NewBlueprint(
+				tw.Rendition{
+					Borders: tw.Border{
+						Left:   tw.On,
+						Right:  tw.On,
+						Top:    tw.Off,
+						Bottom: tw.Off,
+					},
+					Settings: tw.Settings{
+						Separators: tw.Separators{
+							ShowHeader:     tw.On,
+							ShowFooter:     tw.Off,
+							BetweenRows:    tw.Off,
+							BetweenColumns: 0,
+						},
+					},
+					Symbols: tw.NewSymbols(tw.StyleMarkdown),
+				})),
+
+		tablewriter.WithConfig(
+			tablewriter.Config{
+				Header: tw.CellConfig{
+					Formatting: tw.CellFormatting{
+						Alignment:  tw.AlignLeft,
+						AutoFormat: tw.Off,
+					},
+				},
+				Row: tw.CellConfig{
+					Formatting: tw.CellFormatting{
+						Alignment: tw.AlignLeft,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		),
+	)
+
+	table.Header(data.Headers)
+
+	if err := table.Bulk(data.Entries); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to add data to table renderer: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := table.Render(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to render table: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(tableString.String())
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (data *Table) Sort() {
+	// sanity checks
+	if len(data.Entries) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	sort.Slice(data.Entries, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return data.Entries[i][0] < data.Entries[j][0]
+	})
+}
+
+func (data *Table) Addheaders(headers ...string) {
+	for idx, header := range headers {
+		switch data.Mode {
+		case "json", "yaml":
+			data.Headers[idx] = strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ToLower(header), " ", "_")
+		default:
+			data.Headers[idx] = bold(strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ToUpper(header), " ", "-"))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// return the length of a string but only visible chars, w/o ansi color escapes
+func visibleLen(word string) int {
+	return len(ansiCtrlSeq.ReplaceAllLiteralString(word, ""))
+}
+
+func isInt(num string) bool {
+	if _, err := strconv.Atoi(num); err == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}