NOTMUCH-SEARCH(1)
NAME
notmuch-search - search for messages matching the given search terms
SYNOPSIS
notmuch search [options...] <search-term>...
DESCRIPTION
Search for messages matching the given search terms, and display as
results the threads containing the matched messages.
The output consists of one line per thread, giving a thread ID, the
date of the newest (or oldest, depending on the sort option) matched
message in the thread, the number of matched messages and total mes-
sages in the thread, the names of all participants in the thread, and
the subject of the newest (or oldest) message.
See notmuch-search-terms(7) for details of the supported syntax for
<search-terms>.
Supported options for search include
--format=(json|text)
Presents the results in either JSON or plain-text (default).
--output=(summary|threads|messages|files|tags)
summary
Output a summary of each thread with any message matching
the search terms. The summary includes the thread ID, date,
the number of messages in the thread (both the number
matched and the total number), the authors of the thread
and the subject.
threads
Output the thread IDs of all threads with any message
matching the search terms, either one per line (--for-
mat=text) or as a JSON array (--format=json).
messages
Output the message IDs of all messages matching the search
terms, either one per line (--format=text) or as a JSON
array (--format=json).
files
Output the filenames of all messages matching the search
terms, either one per line (--format=text) or as a JSON
array (--format=json).
tags
Output all tags that appear on any message matching the
search terms, either one per line (--format=text) or as a
JSON array (--format=json).
--sort=(newest-first|oldest-first)
This option can be used to present results in either chronolog-
ical order (oldest-first) or reverse chronological order
(newest-first).
Note: The thread order will be distinct between these two
options (beyond being simply reversed). When sorting by old-
est-first the threads will be sorted by the oldest message in
each thread, but when sorting by newest-first the threads will
be sorted by the newest message in each thread.
By default, results will be displayed in reverse chronological
order, (that is, the newest results will be displayed first).
--offset=[-]N
Skip displaying the first N results. With the leading '-',
start at the Nth result from the end.
--limit=N
Limit the number of displayed results to N.
--exclude=(true|false|flag)
Specify whether to omit messages matching search.tag_exclude
from the search results (the default) or not. The extra option
flag only has an effect when --output=summary In this case all
matching threads are returned but the "match count" is the num-
ber of matching non-excluded messages in the thread.
SEE ALSO
notmuch(1), notmuch-config(1), notmuch-count(1), notmuch-dump(1), not-
much-hooks(5), notmuch-new(1), notmuch-reply(1), notmuch-restore(1),
notmuch-search-terms(7), notmuch-show(1), notmuch-tag(1)
Notmuch 0.13.2