ebernhardson@elastic1050:~$ cat test.py import elasticsearch import sys es = elasticsearch.Elasticsearch('http://search.svc.eqiad.wmnet:9200') for index in sys.stdin: index = index.strip() aliases = es.indices.get_alias(index) if not aliases: print("Deleting index with no aliases: {}".format(index)) es.indices.delete(index) else: print("WARNING: {} has live aliases: {}".format(index, aliases)) ebernhardson@elastic1050:~$ echo enwiki_content_1582848800 | /srv/deployment/search/mjolnir/deploy/venv/bin/python3 test.py WARNING: enwiki_content_1582848800 has live aliases: {'enwiki_content_1582848800': {'aliases': {'enwiki': {}, 'enwiki_content': {}}}}