1 .TH NOTMUCH-COUNT 1 2013-02-17 "Notmuch 0.15.2"
3 notmuch-count \- count messages matching the given search terms
7 .RI [ options "... ] <" search-term ">..."
11 Count messages matching the search terms.
13 The number of matching messages (or threads) is output to stdout.
15 With no search terms, a count of all messages (or threads) in the database will
18 See \fBnotmuch-search-terms\fR(7)
19 for details of the supported syntax for <search-terms>.
26 .B \-\-output=(messages|threads)
32 Output the number of matching messages. This is the default.
38 Output the number of matching threads.
44 .BR \-\-exclude=(true|false)
46 Specify whether to omit messages matching search.tag_exclude from the
47 count (the default) or not.
54 Read queries from a file (stdin by default), one per line, and output
55 the number of matching messages (or threads) to stdout, one per
56 line. On an empty input line the count of all messages (or threads) in
57 the database will be output. This option is not compatible with
58 specifying search terms on the command line.
63 .BR "\-\-input=" <filename>
65 Read input from given file, instead of from stdin. Implies
74 \fBnotmuch\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-config\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-dump\fR(1),
75 \fBnotmuch-hooks\fR(5), \fBnotmuch-new\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-reply\fR(1),
76 \fBnotmuch-restore\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-search\fR(1),
77 \fBnotmuch-search-terms\fR(7), \fBnotmuch-show\fR(1),