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wildcardsearch.sh

curl -XDELETE 'localhost:9200/test-idx'
curl -XPUT 'localhost:9200/test-idx' -d '{
    "mappings": {
        "doc": {
            "properties": {
                "foo" : {
                    "type": "string",
                    "index": "not_analyzed"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}'
curl -XPUT 'localhost:9200/test-idx/doc/1' -d '{"foo": "QNMP-1900"}'
curl -XPUT 'localhost:9200/test-idx/doc/2' -d '{"foo": "QNMP-1901"}'
curl -XPUT 'localhost:9200/test-idx/doc/3' -d '{"foo": "QNMP-2100"}'
curl -XPUT 'localhost:9200/test-idx/doc/4' -d '{"foo": "QNMZ-1900"}'
curl -XPOST 'localhost:9200/test-idx/_refresh'
echo
curl 'localhost:9200/test-idx/doc/_search?pretty=true' -d '{
    "query": {
         "wildcard" : { "foo" : "QNMP-19*" }
    }
}'