---
title: "How do I do Complex Searches on Domain Names?"
slug: "new-4"
tags: ["domain", "sensor capture "]
updated: 2022-03-21T21:55:09Z
published: 2022-03-21T21:55:09Z
canonical: "docs.crossworkassurance.cisco.com/new-4"
---

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# How do I do Complex Searches on Domain Names?

#### How to do complex searches on domain names, made simple:

On search boxes about domain names (Web and DNS reports), you can use a regular expression by prefixing the entry with a tilde character (<samp data-tomark-pass="">~</samp>). For example, you can use this to filter **all but some names**. Here is a valid input to filter all but *Google’s* and *Amazon’s*:

```
~^(?!(.*\.)?google\.[fr|com]$)(?!.*amazon(\..{2,3}){1,2}$)
```

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