# Wildcard search for a word

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-search-for-a-word/337718>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 5, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-search-for-a-word/337718 "2023-07-05T21:03:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![umesh\_choudary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/umesh_choudary/32/107623_2.png) [@umesh\_choudary](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/umesh_choudary)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-search-for-a-word/337718/1 "2023-07-05T21:03:02Z")

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How can i search for a word as contains while searching index.

eg: if i search the index using books, i need to get the results which should contain book and books in the response..

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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:** [August 2, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-search-for-a-word/337718/2 "2023-08-02T21:03:22Z")

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