NOTMUCH-COUNT(1) General Commands Manual 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)
messages
Output the number of matching messages. This is the default.
threads
Output the number of matching threads.
--exclude=(true|false)
Specify whether to omit messages matching search.tag_exclude from the count (the default) or not.
SEE ALSO
notmuch(1), notmuch-config(1), notmuch-dump(1), notmuch-hooks(5), notmuch-new(1), notmuch-reply(1), notmuch-restore(1), notmuch-search(1),
notmuch-search-terms(7), notmuch-show(1), notmuch-tag(1)
Notmuch 0.13.2 2012-06-01 NOTMUCH-COUNT(1)