# Dangling meta character '\*' near index 0 \*

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dangling-meta-character-near-index-0/84925>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 8, 2017, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dangling-meta-character-near-index-0/84925 "2017-05-08T11:49:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yarden\_Bar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yarden_bar/32/736_2.png) [@Yarden\_Bar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yarden_Bar)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dangling-meta-character-near-index-0/84925/1 "2017-05-08T11:49:53Z")

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Hi,  
I'm trying to index CloudTrail logs in ES.  
Getting a lot of the followinf exceptions:  
\> MapperParsingException[failed to parse]; nested: PatternSyntaxException[Dangling meta character '\*' near index 0

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Googling for it didn't result in something useful...

Did anyone encounter this scenario and can shed some light on it?

Thank you in advance,  
Yarden

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dangling-meta-character-near-index-0/84925/2 "2017-06-05T11:51:25Z")

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Closed on June 5, 2017, 11:51am UTC

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