# Special character processing

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/special-character-processing/162310>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 28, 2018, 7:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/special-character-processing/162310 "2018-12-28T07:42:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![aabababba](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aabababba/32/36732_2.png) [@aabababba](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aabababba)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 7:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/special-character-processing/162310/1 "2018-12-28T07:42:39Z")

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```auto
"message": """Dec 27 18:57:40 elk01 logstash: "loglevel" => "ERROR",""",

```

How to filter this record?

```auto
"query": "message:(\"error\") AND NOT message:(\"\\"loglevel\\" \\=\\> \\"ERROR\\"\")",

```

use this not work.

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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:** [January 25, 2019, 7:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/special-character-processing/162310/2 "2019-01-25T07:42:40Z")

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