1 <h1>NOTMUCH-SEARCH(1)</h1>
5 notmuch-search - search for messages matching the given search terms
10 <b>notmuch</b> <b>search</b> [<u>options</u>...] <<u>search-term</u>>...
15 Search for messages matching the given search terms, and display as
16 results the threads containing the matched messages.
18 The output consists of one line per thread, giving a thread ID, the
19 date of the newest (or oldest, depending on the sort option) matched
20 message in the thread, the number of matched messages and total mes-
21 sages in the thread, the names of all participants in the thread, and
22 the subject of the newest (or oldest) message.
24 See <a href='../notmuch-search-terms-7/'>notmuch-search-terms</a>(7) for details of the supported syntax for
27 Supported options for <b>search</b> include
29 <b>--format=</b>(<b>json</b>|<b>text</b>)
31 Presents the results in either JSON or plain-text (default).
33 <b>--output=(summary|threads|messages|files|tags)</b>
37 Output a summary of each thread with any message matching
38 the search terms. The summary includes the thread ID, date,
39 the number of messages in the thread (both the number
40 matched and the total number), the authors of the thread
45 Output the thread IDs of all threads with any message
46 matching the search terms, either one per line (--for-
47 mat=text) or as a JSON array (--format=json).
51 Output the message IDs of all messages matching the search
52 terms, either one per line (--format=text) or as a JSON
53 array (--format=json).
57 Output the filenames of all messages matching the search
58 terms, either one per line (--format=text) or as a JSON
59 array (--format=json).
63 Output all tags that appear on any message matching the
64 search terms, either one per line (--format=text) or as a
65 JSON array (--format=json).
67 <b>--sort=</b>(<b>newest-first</b>|<b>oldest-first</b>)
69 This option can be used to present results in either chronolog-
70 ical order (<b>oldest-first</b>) or reverse chronological order
71 (<b>newest-first</b>).
73 Note: The thread order will be distinct between these two
74 options (beyond being simply reversed). When sorting by <b>old-</b>
75 <b>est-first</b> the threads will be sorted by the oldest message in
76 each thread, but when sorting by <b>newest-first</b> the threads will
77 be sorted by the newest message in each thread.
79 By default, results will be displayed in reverse chronological
80 order, (that is, the newest results will be displayed first).
84 Skip displaying the first N results. With the leading '-',
85 start at the Nth result from the end.
89 Limit the number of displayed results to N.
91 <b>--exclude=(true|false|flag)</b>
93 Specify whether to omit messages matching search.tag_exclude
94 from the search results (the default) or not. The extra option
95 <b>flag</b> only has an effect when <b>--output=summary</b> In this case all
96 matching threads are returned but the "match count" is the num-
97 ber of matching non-excluded messages in the thread.
102 <a href='../notmuch-1/'>notmuch</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-config-1/'>notmuch-config</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-count-1/'>notmuch-count</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-dump-1/'>notmuch-dump</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-hooks-5/'>not-</a>
103 <a href='../notmuch-hooks-5/'>much-hooks</a>(5), <a href='../notmuch-new-1/'>notmuch-new</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-reply-1/'>notmuch-reply</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-restore-1/'>notmuch-restore</a>(1),
104 <a href='../notmuch-search-terms-7/'>notmuch-search-terms</a>(7), <a href='../notmuch-show-1/'>notmuch-show</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-tag-1/'>notmuch-tag</a>(1)
107 <h2>Notmuch 0.13.2</h2>