Supported global options for ``notmuch`` include
- ``--help``
- Print a synopsis of available commands and exit.
+ ``--help`` [command-name]
+ Print a synopsis of available commands and exit.
+ With an optional command name, show the man page
+ for that subcommand.
``--version``
- Print the installed version of notmuch, and exit.
+ Print the installed version of notmuch, and exit.
``--config=FILE``
- Specify the configuration file to use. This overrides any
- configuration file specified by ${NOTMUCH\_CONFIG}.
+ Specify the configuration file to use. This overrides any
+ configuration file specified by ${NOTMUCH\_CONFIG}.
+
+ ``--uuid=HEX``
+ Enforce that the database UUID (a unique identifier which
+ persists until e.g. the database is compacted)
+ is HEX; exit with an error if it is not. This is useful to
+ detect rollover in modification counts on messages. You can
+ find this UUID using e.g. ``notmuch count --lastmod``
+
+All global options except ``--config`` can also be specified after the
+command. For example, ``notmuch subcommand --uuid=HEX`` is
+equivalent to ``notmuch --uuid=HEX subcommand``.
COMMANDS
========
syntax. See **notmuch-search-terms**\ (7) for more details on the
supported syntax.
-The **search**, **show** and **count** commands are used to query the
-email database.
+The **search**, **show**, **address** and **count** commands are used
+to query the email database.
The **reply** command is useful for preparing a template for an email
reply.
**notmuch-config(1)**, **notmuch-count(1)**, **notmuch-dump(1)**,
**notmuch-hooks(5)**, **notmuch-insert(1)**, **notmuch-new(1)**,
**notmuch-reply(1)**, **notmuch-restore(1)**, **notmuch-search(1)**,
-**notmuch-search-terms(7)**, **notmuch-show(1)**, **notmuch-tag(1)**
+**notmuch-search-terms(7)**, **notmuch-show(1)**, **notmuch-tag(1)**,
+**notmuch-address(1)**
The notmuch website: **http://notmuchmail.org**