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
       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
                     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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