NOTMUCH-COUNT(1)

NAME

       notmuch-count - count messages matching the given search terms

SYNOPSIS

       notmuch count [option ...] <search-term> ...

DESCRIPTION

       Count messages matching the search terms.

       The number of matching messages (or threads) is output to stdout.

       With no search terms, a count of all messages (or threads) in the data‐
       base will be displayed.

       See notmuch-search-terms(7) for details of  the  supported  syntax  for
       <search-terms>.

       Supported options for count include
          --output=(messages|threads|files)

              messages
                     Output  the  number  of  matching  messages.  This is the
                     default.

              threads
                     Output the number of matching threads.

              files  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).

          --exclude=(true|false)
                 Specify  whether to omit messages matching search.tag_exclude
                 from the count (the default) or not.

          --batch
                 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.

          --input=<filename>
                 Read  input  from  given file, instead of from stdin. Implies
                 --batch.

SEE ALSO

       notmuch(1), notmuch-config(1), notmuch-dump(1), notmuch-hooks(5),  not‐
       much-insert(1),  notmuch-new(1),  notmuch-reply(1), notmuch-restore(1),
       notmuch-search(1),   notmuch-search-terms(7),   notmuch-show(1),   not‐
       much-tag(1)

AUTHOR

       Carl Worth and many others

COPYRIGHT

       2014, Carl Worth and many others

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