# Searching for newline or linebreak in a field
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-for-newline-or-linebreak-in-a-field/130049
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 30, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-for-newline-or-linebreak-in-a-field/130049 "2018-04-30T17:36:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@DoCoMeffen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DoCoMeffen)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-for-newline-or-linebreak-in-a-field/130049/1 "2018-04-30T17:36:41Z")
I (somehow) got some text fields that contain line breaks and/or newlines and I'm having trouble constructing a query to locate these.
I've tried
"query": {
"regexp":{
"user.firstname": "\n"
}
}
and
"query": {
"wildcard": {
"user.firstnam": {
"value": "\n"
}
}
}
It would be nice to locate these records to send in for owner data-cleanup.
I'd appreciate a nudge in the right direction...
-Mike
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### Author:  [@thiago](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thiago)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-for-newline-or-linebreak-in-a-field/130049/2 "2018-05-02T02:53:52Z")
What kind of mapping does `user.firstname` have? Is it `keyword`?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-for-newline-or-linebreak-in-a-field/130049/3 "2018-05-30T02:53:55Z")
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