# Index name with special chars

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-name-with-special-chars/35818>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 29, 2015, 8:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-name-with-special-chars/35818 "2015-11-29T08:21:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mvenkat\_in](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mvenkat\_in](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mvenkat_in)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 8:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-name-with-special-chars/35818/1 "2015-11-29T08:21:39Z")

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Hi  
Due to a wrong config/scripting in the Logstash ES Output plugin, the following indexes with special chars are created.  
e2e-%{@metadata][event\_date]}  
e2e-%{[@metadata][event\_date]}

Now I am unable to do any operations on these Indexes like Search or Delete from Sense.

For ex:  
GET /e2e-%{@metadata][event\_date]}/\_search  
Result: Request failed to get to the server (status code: 0):

How to handle the special chars and query or delete these indexes !!

Thanks

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**Author:** ![mvenkat\_in](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mvenkat\_in](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mvenkat_in)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 8:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-name-with-special-chars/35818/2 "2015-11-29T08:23:34Z")

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Got it. Tried the following and worked.

DELETE /_event\_date_

GET /_event\_date_/\_search

Thanks.

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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, 11:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-name-with-special-chars/35818/3 "2017-07-05T23:35:07Z")

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