Search for String patterns in a Database table

Hi
There is a select statement using where condition with a like statement
WHERE table1 <> 'JP'
             AND (
                 ( field1 LIKE '%:%' OR field2 LIKE '%:%' )
      It fetches records where the field field1 or field2 has string:string as value where string is some set
of   characters . What is the equivalent of LIKE in se11 / se12 .
Thanks in advance .
Geethanjali

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2 /
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6 /
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2    (tab2_col2 VARCHAR2(30))
3 /
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