# KQL unexpected behaviour when '/' on text field

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kql-unexpected-behaviour-when-on-text-field/190716
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** kql-kibana-query-language
**Created:** [July 16, 2019, 11:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kql-unexpected-behaviour-when-on-text-field/190716 "2019-07-16T11:12:09Z")
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### Author: ![masual](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/masual/32/50236_2.png) [@masual](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/masual)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 11:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kql-unexpected-behaviour-when-on-text-field/190716/1 "2019-07-16T11:12:09Z")

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When using KQL expressions such as `*keyword*`, no results are displayed if the text field contains an slash ('/') and the "keyword" is located afterwards the slash. For example with the following text field value:

```
Process '848' hidden from /proc. Possible kernel level rootkit.

```

With the query `*hidden*` it works, but with `*rootkit*` no results are displayed .

Is that the intended behaviour?

ELK 7.2.0

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### Author: ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kql-unexpected-behaviour-when-on-text-field/190716/2 "2019-07-18T13:07:36Z")

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This shouldn't happen. Could you open an issue in the Kibana repo, please?

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### Author: ![masual](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/masual/32/50236_2.png) [@masual](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/masual)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kql-unexpected-behaviour-when-on-text-field/190716/3 "2019-07-18T13:22:42Z")

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Done!  
[https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/41436](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/41436)

Thank You!

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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: [August 15, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kql-unexpected-behaviour-when-on-text-field/190716/4 "2019-08-15T13:22:43Z")

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