<h1>NOTMUCH-COUNT(1)</h1>
<h2>NAME</h2>
-
<pre>
- notmuch-count - Count messages matching the given search terms.
+ notmuch-count - count messages matching the given search terms
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<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
-
<pre>
- <b>notmuch</b> <b>count</b> [<u>options</u>... ] <<u>search-term</u>>...
+ <b>notmuch</b> <b>count</b> [<u>option</u> ...] <<u>search-term</u>> ...
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<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
-
<pre>
Count messages matching the search terms.
-</pre>
-<pre>
The number of matching messages (or threads) is output to stdout.
-</pre>
-<pre>
With no search terms, a count of all messages (or threads) in the
database will be displayed.
-</pre>
-<pre>
- See <b>notmuch-search-terms</b>(7) for details of the supported syntax for
- <search-terms>.
-</pre>
+ See <a href='../notmuch-search-terms-7/'>notmuch-search-terms</a>(7) for details of the supported syntax for
+ <search-terms>.
-<pre>
Supported options for <b>count</b> include
-</pre>
-<pre>
- <b>--output=(messages|threads)</b>
-</pre>
+ --output=(messages|threads|files)
-<pre>
- <b>messages</b>
-</pre>
+ <b>messages</b>
-<pre>
- Output the number of matching messages. This is the
- default.
-</pre>
+ Output the number of matching messages. This is the
+ default.
-<pre>
- <b>threads</b>
-</pre>
+ <b>threads</b>
-<pre>
- Output the number of matching threads.
-</pre>
+ Output the number of matching threads.
+
+ <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).
-<pre>
<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=<filename></b>
+
+ Read input from given file, instead of from stdin. Implies
+ --batch.
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+<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
<pre>
- Specify whether to omit messages matching search.tag_exclude
- from the count (the default) or not.
+ <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-tag-1/'>much-tag</a>(1)
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-<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
+<h2>AUTHOR</h2>
+<pre>
+ Carl Worth and many others
+</pre>
+<h2>COPYRIGHT</h2>
<pre>
- <b>notmuch</b>(1), <b>notmuch-config</b>(1), <b>notmuch-dump</b>(1), <b>notmuch-hooks</b>(5), <b>not-</b>
- <b>much-new</b>(1), <b>notmuch-reply</b>(1), <b>notmuch-restore</b>(1), <b>notmuch-search</b>(1),
- <b>notmuch-search-terms</b>(7), <b>notmuch-show</b>(1), <b>notmuch-tag</b>(1)
+ 2014, Carl Worth and many others
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-<h2>Notmuch 0.13.2</h2>
+<h2>0.18</h2>