NOTMUCH-COUNT(1)

NAME

       notmuch-count - count messages matching the given search terms

SYNOPSIS

       notmuch count [options... ] <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
       database 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 mes-
                   sages 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), notmuch-
       tag(1)

Notmuch 0.17