---
title: stack es ml update-filter cli command
description: Update a filter. Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elastic-cli/cli/stack/es/ml/update-filter
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview
---

# stack es ml update-filter cli command
<cli-modifiers>
</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic stack es ml update-filter --filter-id <filter-id> [options]
```

Update a filter.
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--filter-id string required">
    A string that uniquely identifies a filter.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--add-items string[]">
    The items to add to the filter.
    **Repeatable:** pass `--add-items` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </definition>
  <definition term="--description string">
    A description for the filter.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--remove-items string[]">
    The items to remove from the filter.
    **Repeatable:** pass `--remove-items` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </definition>
  <definition term="--error-trace">
    When set to `true` Elasticsearch will include the full stack trace of errors
    when they occur.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--filter-path string">
    Comma-separated list of filters in dot notation which reduce the response
    returned by Elasticsearch.
    **Repeatable:** pass `--filter-path` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </definition>
  <definition term="--human">
    When set to `true` will return statistics in a format suitable for humans.
    For example `"exists_time": "1h"` for humans and
    `"exists_time_in_millis": 3600000` for computers. When disabled the human
    readable values will be omitted. This makes sense for responses being consumed
    only by machines.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--pretty">
    If set to `true` the returned JSON will be "pretty-formatted". Only use
    this option for debugging only.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--input-file string">
    path to a JSON file to use as command input
  </definition>
  <definition term="--dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
  <definition term="--no-validate">
    skip input validation and send the request as-is
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--output-fields string">
    comma-separated list of fields to include in output (dot-notation supported)
  </definition>
  <definition term="--output-template string">
    Mustache-like template for custom text output (e.g. "{{id}}: {{name}}")
  </definition>
  <definition term="--json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>