[[!img notmuch-logo.png alt="Notmuch logo" class="left"]] #How to... ##.. print only filenames of a search Given you have the python bindings installed (or simply set your PYTHONPATH environment variable to point to the .../bindings/python directory), this script will print the filenames of a matching search: #!/usr/bin/env python import sys import notmuch q = notmuch.Database().create_query(" ".join(sys.argv[1:])) for m in q.search_messages(): print m.get_filename()