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I'm trying to delete all records from Solr. I can do this in the browser by posting the following URL

http://localhost:8983/solr/update?stream.body=<delete><query>*:*</query></delete>

However I wish to do it using the commmand line. I've installed cURL and have tested that the command line understands curl commands. But when I issue the following command

curl http://localhost:8983/solr/update --data '<delete><query>*:*</query></delete>' -H 'Content-type:text/xml; charset=utf-8'

I receive the error

< was unexpected at this time

I have tried various different variations using single or double quotes to wrap the xml in, but nothing seems to work. Can anybody shed any light?

Thanks in advance.

Linda Keating
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You missed to add the commit=true parameter.

Would be simpler in this way, all you have to do is an HTTP GET request.

curl "http://localhost:8983/solr/collection1/update?commit=true&stream.body=<delete><query>*:*</query></delete>"

freedev
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Try these parameters

commit=true -H "Content-Type: text/xml" --data-binary '<delete><query>*:*</query></delete>'
user2023507
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