How to use special characters in searches
If a search expression contains one or more special characters, a backslash (\) must precede each special character.
The following special characters are also operators in search expressions:
Ampersand (&) | Hyphen (-) |
Asterisk (*) | Less than sign (<) |
Backslash (\) | Number sign (#) |
Close square bracket (]) | Open square bracket ([) |
Comma (,) | Pipe sign (|) |
Equal sign (=) | Question mark (?) |
Exclamation point (!) | Single quotation mark (') |
Greater than sign (>) | |
For example, to search for the user name user#, you must type the following search expression:
user\#
If you type user#, the search returns user names that begin with user and end with a number, such as user1, user2, and so on.