X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fman1%2Fnotmuch-show.1;h=5d4ccfab3ec7174f6689d73cf31d09320bcba91b;hp=d75d9710da0ade4483b65eda78f47bd4585edcd4;hb=d273ed6cf1bdaa2d644cec4909cbf415ff4d257b;hpb=99c318cae464159ca5b4ec86643ccf3c8b98c1b3 diff --git a/man/man1/notmuch-show.1 b/man/man1/notmuch-show.1 index d75d9710..5d4ccfab 100644 --- a/man/man1/notmuch-show.1 +++ b/man/man1/notmuch-show.1 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -.TH NOTMUCH-SHOW 1 2012-02-29 "Notmuch 0.12~rc1" +.TH NOTMUCH-SHOW 1 2013-01-24 "Notmuch 0.15.1" .SH NAME -notmuch-show \- Show messages matching the given search terms. +notmuch-show \- show messages matching the given search terms .SH SYNOPSIS .B notmuch show @@ -24,16 +24,21 @@ Supported options for include .RS 4 .TP 4 -.B \-\-entire\-thread +.B \-\-entire\-thread=(true|false) -By default only those messages that match the search terms will be -displayed. With this option, all messages in the same thread as any -matched message will be displayed. +If true, +.B notmuch show +outputs all messages in the thread of any message matching the search +terms; if false, it outputs only the matching messages. For +.B --format=json +and +.B --format=sexp +this defaults to true. For other formats, this defaults to false. .RE .RS 4 .TP 4 -.B \-\-format=(text|json|mbox|raw) +.B \-\-format=(text|json|sexp|mbox|raw) .RS 4 .TP 4 @@ -55,11 +60,31 @@ be nested. The output is formatted with Javascript Object Notation (JSON). This format is more robust than the text format for automated processing. The nested structure of multipart MIME messages is -reflected in nested JSON output. JSON output always includes all -messages in a matching thread; in effect +reflected in nested JSON output. By default JSON output includes all +messages in a matching thread; that is, by default, + .B \-\-format=json -implies -.B \-\-entire\-thread +sets +.B "\-\-entire\-thread" +The caller can disable this behaviour by setting +.B \-\-entire\-thread=false +.RE +.RS 4 +.TP 4 +.B sexp + +The output is formatted as an S-Expression (sexp). This +format is more robust than the text format for automated +processing. The nested structure of multipart MIME messages is +reflected in nested S-Expression output. By default, +S-Expression output includes all messages in a matching thread; +that is, by default, + +.B \-\-format=sexp +sets +.B "\-\-entire\-thread" +The caller can disable this behaviour by setting +.B \-\-entire\-thread=false .RE .RS 4 @@ -84,18 +109,32 @@ http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/mail-mbox-formats.html .TP 4 .BR raw " (default for a single part, see \-\-part)" -For a message, the original, raw content of the email message is -output. Consumers of this format should expect to implement MIME -decoding and similar functions. +For a message or an attached message part, the original, raw content +of the email message is output. Consumers of this format should expect +to implement MIME decoding and similar functions. For a single part (\-\-part) the raw part content is output after -performing any necessary MIME decoding. +performing any necessary MIME decoding. Note that messages with a +simple body still have two parts: part 0 is the whole message and part +1 is the body. + +For a multipart part, the part headers and body (including all child +parts) is output. The raw format must only be used with search terms matching single message. .RE .RE +.RS 4 +.TP 4 +.BR \-\-format-version=N + +Use the specified structured output format version. This is intended +for programs that invoke \fBnotmuch\fR(1) internally. If omitted, the +latest supported version will be used. +.RE + .RS 4 .TP 4 .B \-\-part=N @@ -103,7 +142,7 @@ message. Output the single decoded MIME part N of a single message. The search terms must match only a single message. Message parts are numbered in a depth-first walk of the message MIME structure, and are identified -in the 'json' or 'text' output formats. +in the 'json', 'sexp' or 'text' output formats. .RE .RS 4 @@ -113,8 +152,8 @@ in the 'json' or 'text' output formats. Compute and report the validity of any MIME cryptographic signatures found in the selected content (ie. "multipart/signed" parts). Status of the signature will be reported (currently only supported with ---format=json), and the multipart/signed part will be replaced by the -signed data. +--format=json and --format=sexp), and the multipart/signed part +will be replaced by the signed data. .RE .RS 4 @@ -123,16 +162,44 @@ signed data. Decrypt any MIME encrypted parts found in the selected content (ie. "multipart/encrypted" parts). Status of the decryption will be -reported (currently only supported with --format=json) and the -multipart/encrypted part will be replaced by the decrypted -content. +reported (currently only supported with --format=json and +--format=sexp) and the multipart/encrypted part will be replaced +by the decrypted content. Implies --verify. .RE .RS 4 .TP 4 -.B \-\-no-exclude +.BR \-\-exclude=(true|false) + +Specify whether to omit threads only matching search.tag_exclude from +the search results (the default) or not. In either case the excluded +message will be marked with the exclude flag (except when output=mbox +when there is nowhere to put the flag). + +If --entire-thread is specified then complete threads are returned +regardless (with the excluded flag being set when appropriate) but +threads that only match in an excluded message are not returned when +.B --exclude=true. + +The default is +.B --exclude=true. -Do not exclude the messages matching search.exclude_tags in the config file. +.RE + +.RS 4 +.TP 4 +.B \-\-body=(true|false) + +If true (the default) +.B notmuch show +includes the bodies of the messages in the output; if false, +bodies are omitted. +.B --body=false +is only implemented for the json and sexp formats and it is incompatible with +.B --part > 0. + +This is useful if the caller only needs the headers as body-less +output is much faster and substantially smaller. .RE A common use of @@ -143,10 +210,21 @@ column of output from the .B notmuch search command. +.SH EXIT STATUS + +This command supports the following special exit status codes + +.TP +.B 20 +The requested format version is too old. +.TP +.B 21 +The requested format version is too new. + .SH SEE ALSO \fBnotmuch\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-config\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-count\fR(1), -\fBnotmuch-dump\fR(5), \fBnotmuch-hooks\fR(5), \fBnotmuch-new\fR(1), -\fBnotmuch-part\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-reply\fR(1), -\fBnotmuch-restore\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-search\fR(1), -\fBnotmuch-search-terms\fR(7), \fBnotmuch-tag\fR(1) +\fBnotmuch-dump\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-hooks\fR(5), \fBnotmuch-new\fR(1), +\fBnotmuch-reply\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-restore\fR(1), +\fBnotmuch-search\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-search-terms\fR(7), +\fBnotmuch-tag\fR(1)