# Wildcard query with a file path - Search for c:\\users\\public\*

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-query-with-a-file-path-search-for-c-users-public/150384>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 28, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-query-with-a-file-path-search-for-c-users-public/150384 "2018-09-28T20:01:24Z")\
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Hey @uklipse, you'll have to escape the `:` as well, so `event_data.Image.keyword:c\:\\users\\public\\*`

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