diff --git a/files/utils/so-checkin b/files/utils/so-checkin
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+sudo salt-call state.highstate
diff --git a/files/utils/so-getparsed b/files/utils/so-getparsed
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+sudo docker exec -it so-redis redis-cli llen logstash:unparsed
diff --git a/files/utils/so-getunparsed b/files/utils/so-getunparsed
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+sudo docker exec -it so-redis redis-cli llen logstash:unparsed
diff --git a/files/utils/so-listindex b/files/utils/so-listindex
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+curl -X GET "localhost:9200/_cat/indices?v"