---
title: influxd-ctl show-shards
description: The influxd-ctl show-shards command returns information about shards in an InfluxDB Enterprise cluster.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/enterprise_influxdb/v1/tools/influxd-ctl/show-shards/
estimated_tokens: 880
product: InfluxDB Enterprise v1
version: v1
---

# influxd-ctl show-shards

The `influxd-ctl show-shards` command returns information about shards in an InfluxDB Enterprise cluster.

## Usage

```sh
influxd-ctl show-shards [flags]
```

Information includes:

-   Shard ID
-   Database
-   Retention Policy
-   Number of desired replicas
-   Shard group
-   Shard start time
-   Shard end time
-   Shard expiration
-   Shard owners

[](#view-example-output)

View example output

```sh
Shards
==========
ID  Database    Retention Policy  Desired Replicas  Shard Group  Start                 End                   Expires               Owners
51  telegraf    autogen           2                 37           2023-01-01T00:00:00Z  2023-01-08T00:00:00Z  2023-07-08T00:00:00Z  [{26 data1:8088} {33 data3:8088}]
52  telegraf    autogen           2                 37           2023-01-01T00:00:00Z  2023-01-08T00:00:00Z  2023-07-08T00:00:00Z  [{5 data2:8088} {26 data1:8088}]
```

#### Show inconsistent shards

You can also use the `-m` flag to output “inconsistent” shards which are shards that are either in metadata but not on disk or on disk but not in metadata.

## Flags

| Flag | Description |
| --- | --- |
| -e | Include expired shards in the output. By default, expired shards are filtered out. v1.12.3+ |
| -v | Return detailed shard information |
| -m | Return inconsistent shards |

*Also see [`influxd-ctl` global flags](/enterprise_influxdb/v1/tools/influxd-ctl/#influxd-ctl-global-flags).*

#### Related

-   [influxd-ctl truncate-shards](/enterprise_influxdb/v1/tools/influxd-ctl/truncate-shards/)