# Regex queries dont work as expected in kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regex-queries-dont-work-as-expected-in-kibana/44529>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 16, 2016, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regex-queries-dont-work-as-expected-in-kibana/44529 "2016-03-16T09:04:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![okwap](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/okwap/32/572_2.png) [@okwap](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/okwap)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regex-queries-dont-work-as-expected-in-kibana/44529/1 "2016-03-16T09:04:58Z")

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My query: \_type:log AND NOT host:/^192.168.1.[0-9]+:[0-9]+/

Possible form of value in host field:

1. 182.168.1.1:2222
2. 12345

The result should contains 12345 and not contains 182.168.1.1:2222, but it did not work.

What's wrong with my query?

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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 6, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/regex-queries-dont-work-as-expected-in-kibana/44529/2 "2017-07-06T13:58:59Z")

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