NOTMUCH-SEARCH(1)					      General Commands Manual						 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 messages 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 num-
		   ber 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 (--format=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  (--for-
		   mat=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 chronological  order  (oldest-first)  or  reverse  chronological  order  (new-
	       est-first).

	       Note:  The thread order will be distinct between these two options (beyond being simply reversed). When sorting by oldest-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	number	of
	       matching non-excluded messages in the thread.

SEE ALSO

       notmuch(1),  notmuch-config(1),	notmuch-count(1), notmuch-dump(1), notmuch-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							    2012-06-01							 NOTMUCH-SEARCH(1)