The number of matching messages (or threads) is output to stdout.
- With no search terms, a count of all messages (or threads) in the
- database will be displayed.
+ With no search terms, a count of all messages (or threads) in the data‐
+ base will be displayed.
See <a href='../notmuch-search-terms-7/'>notmuch-search-terms</a>(7) for details of the supported syntax for
<search-terms>.
Supported options for <b>count</b> include
-
- --output=(messages|threads|files)
+ <b>--output=(messages|threads|files)</b>
<b>messages</b>
-
Output the number of matching messages. This is the
default.
<b>threads</b>
-
Output the number of matching threads.
- <b>files</b>
-
- Output the number of files associated with matching mes-
+ <b>files</b> Output the number of files associated with matching mes‐
sages. This may be bigger than the number of matching
messages due to duplicates (i.e. multiple files having
the same message-id).
- <b>--exclude=(true|false)</b>
-
- Specify whether to omit messages matching search.tag_exclude
- from the count (the default) or not.
-
- <b>--batch</b>
-
- Read queries from a file (stdin by default), one per line,
- and output the number of matching messages (or threads) to
- stdout, one per line. On an empty input line the count of
- all messages (or threads) in the database will be output.
- This option is not compatible with specifying search terms
- on the command line.
-
- <b>--input=</b><<b>&</b>lt;<b>filename</b>><b>&</b>gt;
-
- Read input from given file, instead of from stdin. Implies
- --batch.
+ <b>--exclude=(true|false)</b>
+ Specify whether to omit messages matching search.tag_exclude
+ from the count (the default) or not.
+
+ <b>--batch</b>
+ Read queries from a file (stdin by default), one per line,
+ and output the number of matching messages (or threads) to
+ stdout, one per line. On an empty input line the count of all
+ messages (or threads) in the database will be output. This
+ option is not compatible with specifying search terms on the
+ command line.
+
+ <b>--lastmod</b>
+ Append lastmod (counter for number of database updates) and
+ UUID to the output. lastmod values are only comparable
+ between databases with the same UUID.
+
+ <b>--input=<filename></b>
+ Read input from given file, instead of from stdin. Implies
+ <b>--batch</b>.
</pre>
<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
<pre>
- <a href='../notmuch-1/'>notmuch</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-config-1/'>notmuch-config</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-dump-1/'>notmuch-dump</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-hooks-5/'>notmuch-hooks</a>(5), <a href='../notmuch-insert-1/'>not-</a>
+ <a href='../notmuch-1/'>notmuch</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-config-1/'>notmuch-config</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-dump-1/'>notmuch-dump</a>(1), <a href='../notmuch-hooks-5/'>notmuch-hooks</a>(5), <a href='../notmuch-insert-1/'>not‐</a>
<a href='../notmuch-insert-1/'>much-insert</a>(1), <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),
- <a href='../notmuch-search-1/'>notmuch-search</a>(1), <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/'>not-</a>
+ <a href='../notmuch-search-1/'>notmuch-search</a>(1), <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/'>not‐</a>
<a href='../notmuch-tag-1/'>much-tag</a>(1)
</pre>
<h2>COPYRIGHT</h2>
<pre>
- 2014, Carl Worth and many others
+ 2009-2016, Carl Worth and many others
</pre>
-<h2>0.18</h2>
+<h2>0.22.1</h2>