1 .TH NOTMUCH-SEARCH 1 2013-01-24 "Notmuch 0.15.1"
3 notmuch-search \- search for messages matching the given search terms
7 .RI [ options "...] <" search-term ">..."
11 Search for messages matching the given search terms, and display as
12 results the threads containing the matched messages.
14 The output consists of one line per thread, giving a thread ID, the
15 date of the newest (or oldest, depending on the sort option) matched
16 message in the thread, the number of matched messages and total
17 messages in the thread, the names of all participants in the thread,
18 and the subject of the newest (or oldest) message.
20 See \fBnotmuch-search-terms\fR(7)
21 for details of the supported syntax for <search-terms>.
28 .BR \-\-format= ( json | sexp | text | text0 )
30 Presents the results in either JSON, S-Expressions, newline character
31 separated plain-text (default), or null character separated plain-text
32 (compatible with \fBxargs\fR(1) -0 option where available).
37 .BR \-\-format-version=N
39 Use the specified structured output format version. This is intended
40 for programs that invoke \fBnotmuch\fR(1) internally. If omitted, the
41 latest supported version will be used.
46 .B \-\-output=(summary|threads|messages|files|tags)
52 Output a summary of each thread with any message matching the search
53 terms. The summary includes the thread ID, date, the number of
54 messages in the thread (both the number matched and the total number),
55 the authors of the thread and the subject.
61 Output the thread IDs of all threads with any message matching the
62 search terms, either one per line (\-\-format=text), separated by null
63 characters (\-\-format=text0), as a JSON array (\-\-format=json), or
64 an S-Expression list (\-\-format=sexp).
70 Output the message IDs of all messages matching the search terms,
71 either one per line (\-\-format=text), separated by null characters
72 (\-\-format=text0), as a JSON array (\-\-format=json), or as an
73 S-Expression list (\-\-format=sexp).
79 Output the filenames of all messages matching the search terms, either
80 one per line (\-\-format=text), separated by null characters
81 (\-\-format=text0), as a JSON array (\-\-format=json), or as an
82 S-Expression list (\-\-format=sexp).
88 Output all tags that appear on any message matching the search terms,
89 either one per line (\-\-format=text), separated by null characters
90 (\-\-format=text0), as a JSON array (\-\-format=json), or as an
91 S-Expression list (\-\-format=sexp).
97 .BR \-\-sort= ( newest\-first | oldest\-first )
99 This option can be used to present results in either chronological order
100 .RB ( oldest\-first )
101 or reverse chronological order
102 .RB ( newest\-first ).
104 Note: The thread order will be distinct between these two options
105 (beyond being simply reversed). When sorting by
107 the threads will be sorted by the oldest message in each thread, but
110 the threads will be sorted by the newest message in each thread.
112 By default, results will be displayed in reverse chronological order,
113 (that is, the newest results will be displayed first).
120 Skip displaying the first N results. With the leading '\-', start at the Nth
128 Limit the number of displayed results to N.
133 .BR \-\-exclude=(true|false|flag)
135 Specify whether to omit messages matching search.tag_exclude from the
136 search results (the default) or not. The extra option
138 only has an effect when
140 In this case all matching threads are returned but the "match count"
141 is the number of matching non-excluded messages in the thread.
146 This command supports the following special exit status codes
150 The requested format version is too old.
153 The requested format version is too new.
157 \fBnotmuch\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-config\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-count\fR(1),
158 \fBnotmuch-dump\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-hooks\fR(5), \fBnotmuch-new\fR(1),
159 \fBnotmuch-reply\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-restore\fR(1),
160 \fBnotmuch-search-terms\fR(7), \fBnotmuch-show\fR(1),