# Wildcard search problem

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-search-problem/29307>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 15, 2015, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-search-problem/29307 "2015-09-15T09:34:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![ankmathur14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7feea3/32.png) [@ankmathur14](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ankmathur14)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-search-problem/29307/1 "2015-09-15T09:34:08Z")

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I am having issue with kibana's wildcard search.

My input docs in kibana:  
{Behavior:The program xyz.exe is working}  
{Behavior:The program pqr.exe is not working}  
{Behavior:The program abc.exe is not working}  
{Behavior:The program foo.exe is working}

I want to list down all docs where program is working.

Expected result:  
{Behavior:The program xyz.exe is working}  
{Behavior:The program foo.exe is working}

I tried in search bar on the discover page of kibana 4.1:  
Behavior : "The program \* is working" --No result found  
Behavior : The program \* is working --All found (broad result), it is actuall dividing each word of query

If i search like:  
Behavior : "is working" -- Expected result, but it would not be accurate.

My "Behavior" field is "analyzed"  
Kibana 4.1

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**Author:** ![tbragin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tbragin/32/45166_2.png) [@tbragin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tbragin)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-search-problem/29307/2 "2015-09-26T13:34:44Z")

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Check out this thread: [How to create a query with the wildcard](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-query-with-the-wildcard/1029/2)

Maybe you can try a proximity search instead of a wildcard search instead?

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-search-problem/29307/3 "2017-07-06T14:12:21Z")

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