# 'in' condition in elastic search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-condition-in-elastic-search/51184>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 27, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-condition-in-elastic-search/51184 "2016-05-27T18:02:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![subbu.nv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@subbu.nv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/subbu.nv)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-condition-in-elastic-search/51184/1 "2016-05-27T18:02:31Z")

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When i do a regex search, i am getting back list of files.. say 10.

my requirement is to do the next search with in that 10 files only. is there a way we can do this is in elastic search.  
please suggest.

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**Author:** ![jpountz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jpountz/32/45836_2.png) [@jpountz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jpountz)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-condition-in-elastic-search/51184/2 "2016-05-30T14:04:57Z")

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Depending on what you exactly need, this might be impossible as it would require to perform a JOIN. Can you give a concrete example about what documents look like and how you want to search them?

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**Author:** ![subbu.nv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@subbu.nv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/subbu.nv)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-condition-in-elastic-search/51184/3 "2016-05-31T20:57:50Z")

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i think my question creates a confusion.

let me put it this way.  
i want to search a text, example "RUNIN" , with in only some 5 files (which i can input).

text to be searched : "RUNIN"  
files: file1,file2,file3,file4,file5.

ideally the result should contain results only from those 5 files. how can i construct a query for this.

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/in-condition-in-elastic-search/51184/4 "2017-07-05T22:47:32Z")

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