# Elasticsearch lucene query not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-lucene-query-not-working/107721>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 15, 2017, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-lucene-query-not-working/107721 "2017-11-15T10:32:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nishan\_Singh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nishan_singh/32/23152_2.png) [@Nishan\_Singh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nishan_Singh)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-lucene-query-not-working/107721/1 "2017-11-15T10:32:48Z")

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Hi,

```
     i have data as following in my elastic search:

     {
       "System":"sytem01",
       "user":"user$",
       "ipaddress":"192.168.1.1"
     }

```

and i m trying to do lucene query like (user:"_$" , user:(_$), user:\*$) but none of them is working in elasticearch.  
Thanks  
Gurmukh

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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:** [December 13, 2017, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-lucene-query-not-working/107721/2 "2017-12-13T10:32:58Z")

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Closed on December 13, 2017, 10:32am UTC

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