# Unable to search special character

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-search-special-character/202938>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 10, 2019, 4:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-search-special-character/202938 "2019-10-10T04:16:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ramesh\_balasubramani](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ramesh_balasubramani/32/53173_2.png) [@Ramesh\_balasubramani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ramesh_balasubramani)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 4:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-search-special-character/202938/1 "2019-10-10T04:16:45Z")

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```
GET logs*/_search
{
    "query": {
        "match_phrase": {
           "message": "2=2"
        }
    }
}

```

Result :

`"message": "2019-10-10 09:28:59.301644 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx switchapp event=process_started process_name=kworker/2:2 pid=23026"`

I am not able to get exact result.

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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:** [November 7, 2019, 4:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-search-special-character/202938/2 "2019-11-07T04:16:58Z")

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