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>.
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><filename>
+
+ 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-new-1/'>not-</a>
- <a href='../notmuch-new-1/'>much-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/'>notmuch-tag</a>(1)
+ <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/'>notmuch-</a>
+ <a href='../notmuch-tag-1/'>tag</a>(1)
</pre>
-<h2>Notmuch 0.15.2</h2>
+<h2>Notmuch 0.16</h2>