From 32532b1811de0a75458f5e742a7fe92f96f46a17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manos Pitsidianakis Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 21:48:15 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] faq: search and spaces in paths/folders --- faq.mdwn | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/faq.mdwn b/faq.mdwn index 2558eb3..6862685 100644 --- a/faq.mdwn +++ b/faq.mdwn @@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ searches. Punctuation is mostly ignored. The boolean prefix searches (see Boolean and Probabilistic Prefixes in the man page), such as tag: or path: searches, need an exact match. +## How do I search for folders or paths with spaces? + +The spaces in the names must be escaped. For example if you use bash or zsh, +you can search for messages with tag `foo` in folder `INBOX/folder with spaces` +with this query: + + $ notmuch search tag:foo 'folder:"INBOX/folder with spaces"' + ## How do I search for the `List-Id:` header? Currently there is no way to search for `List-Id:`. As a workaround, try using a -- 2.43.0